Mara Vanderslice - like the avowed Marxist Obama - they must masquerade as what they are not (steal their way) to get into the “mainstream”.
A bunch of Marxists spend years gaining acceptance as “Christians”, or whatever, not to be what such authentic so-identified persons are, but to use the label, as “Christian”, or whatever, for their Marxist political agendas.
NO TRUE CHRISTIAN WOULD SUPPORT THIS INDIVIDUAL!
This is taking the Lord’s name in vain.
This is a non sequitir: “Christian” and “Obama” do not fit as synonyms. The fruit isn’t there.
If babies had feathers they’d be a protected species . Are we sure they are really Christians ? Not all Rolex watches are real .
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Founder: Kerry campaign director of religious outreach Mara Vanderslice
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They are trying to expand the definition of what constitutes a “religious issue” beyond just gays and abortion, to include matters like poverty, the environment, social justice, and AIDS/HIV.
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Mara Vanderslice founded Common Good in 2005 and later brought on Eric Sapp, thirty, as a partner.
Vanderslice had worked on a couple of Democratic presidential campaigns
Vanderslice and Sapp began by helping candidates build the infrastructure necessary to reach religious voters
Common Good helped recruit pastors to write op-eds in response to criticisms and arranged for campaigns to buy mailing lists of religious-minded voters. Vanderslice and Sapp encouraged candidates to buy ads on Christian radio, a medium considered more intimate than television.
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So what’s a feminist of faith to do? A small number of progressive religious women agree with their male bosses and are content. Mara Vanderslice, for example, went from a staff job working for Jim Wallis to become the religious point person for Kerry. Kate Michelman, former president of NARAL, recalls how Vanderslice cornered her at the Democratic convention and sought her help in convincing Catholics that Kerry was really against abortion. Others have followed the time-honored path of faithful accompaniment. They join the groups and try to gently prod the men, but in the interest of a partial but important justice agenda, they go along. And still others, particularly feminist clergy and theologians, have shunned the discriminatory world of religion, including progressive religion, to work in secular organizations for a social justice agenda that includes women’s and gay rights.
Matthew 25 Network founder Mara Vanderslice...
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Kerry’s Religion Director Linked to Anti-Catholic Group
NewsMax.com’s Fr. Michael Reilly says there’s something rotten about Sen. John Kerry’s strategy to win the religious vote.
What was John Kerry thinking when he appointed Mara Vanderslice as his Director of Religious Outreach?
Catholic League president William Donohue finds her a curious choice:
“Here’s what we know about John Kerry’s religious outreach person. Mara Vanderslice was raised without any faith and didn’t become an evangelical Christian until she attended Earlham College, a Quaker school known for its adherence to pacifism.
“When in college, Mara was active in the Earlham Socialist Alliance, a group that supports the convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal and openly embraces Marxism-Leninism.
“After graduating, Mara spoke at rallies held by ACT-UP, the anti-Catholic group that disrupted Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in 1989 by spitting the Eucharist on the floor. In 2000, she practiced civil disobedience when she took to the streets of Seattle in a protest against the World Trade Organization. In 2002, she tried to shut down Washington, D.C. in a protest against the IMF and the World Bank.”
Mara Vanderslice (founder of Matthew 25 Network), a Christian activist and political organizer, was the religious outreach coordinator for the Dean for America presidential campaign
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Leftist Group Seeks To Use ‘God Talk’ To Lure Christians To Democrat Party
February 1, 2007 – A two-year-old public relations firm called “Common Good Strategies” is working behind the scenes to help Democrats convince Christians that they should vote for Democrats of “faith.”
The PR firm is headed by Mara Vanderslice, a 1997 graduate of Earlham College. Vanderslice formerly worked as an intern for Jim Wallis’ Sojourners organization, a far-leftist “Christian” group that is attempting to convince moderate or conservative Christians that Democrat policies are best for achieving “social justice.”
Jim Wallis has been consulting with Democrat strategists for years to lure Christians away from the Republican Party. TVC’s special report on Wallis reveals the consistent far left policies of the group – which have been more in line with the old Soviet Union than with America.
While at Earlham, Vanderslice was a member of the Earlham Socialist Alliance, a group that supports the release of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal and embraces Marxist-Leninist political views.
In a feature on Vanderslice in the Earlham College Alumni Bulletin, Vanderslice notes she grew up in a spiritual but not religious and politically progressive home in Boulder, Colorado. She arrived at Earlham distrustful of Christianity but after taking Peace and Global Studies class and spending time in Bogota, Columbia, she became more committed to “strands” of Christianity that she found appealing.
Vanderslice has spoken at rallies held by the radical homosexual group ACT-UP and has been involved in protests against the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Vanderslice became Howard Dean’s faith advisor and later served as John Kerry’s advisor on faith issues.
Her group, Common Good Strategies has worked with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Senator Bob Casey, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland; the Kansas Democrat Party and others. All of Vanderslice’s clients won in 2006.
“Mara Vanderslice’s attempt to convince Christians to vote for pro-abortion, pro-homosexual Democrats (who hide their real goals behind claims of ‘faith’) is working – and the Republican Party should take note,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “Tragically, Vanderslice’s brand of ‘progressive’ Christianity has more in common with Marxist-Leninist ideals than with orthodox Christianity. I pray that Christians will not be fooled in 2008 – as many were in 2006. Because many evangelicals voted for liberals in 2006, we face a Congress that is openly hostile to biblical values.”
