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Sir Charles has been catching some serious flak from the conservative blogosphere for his comments about conservatives being "fake Christians." Frankly, conservatives should cut him some slack for saying he's voting Democrat because he doesn't like the direction Republicans are taking the country. Especially since many conservatives, and registered Republicans, feel the same way and are doing the same thing this next election to "prove a point", and that is exactly what they did the last congressional election. Conservatives were fed up with Republicans abandoning their principals, and they didn't like the direction Republicans were taking the country. If you...

<p>A Roman Catholic nun who leads a social justice advocacy group called Network, Simone Campbell rarely got a phone call from Capitol Hill before the 2006 election. Campbell, based in Washington, D.C., says she "wore her knuckles bare" fruitlessly knocking on lawmakers' doors, particularly those of Democrats who should have been natural allies on issues like raising the minimum wage and comprehensive immigration reform.</p>

HAROLD FORD, JR.: My friend Lincoln Davis who chairs our campaign says there are, there’s one big difference between us and misfortunate Republicans when it comes to our faith: he said that Republicans fear the Lord; he said Democrats fear AND love the Lord Wow! What a statement! I don't doubt that many Democrats fear And love the lord, but what would make this man come to the conclusion that Republicans only fear the lord? That is what he said. He noted there was a difference between Republican and Democrat faith in God and that the difference was the lack...

Many of the prophets of the Religious Left justify their belief in Open Borders by loftily quoting Scriptures that speak of caring for the “sojourner” and deriding those who believe in following the law as “inhospitable.” Indeed, according to one theologian, Jesus and the Holy Family were among the most preeminent of illegal immigrants! Writing for the recently unveiled Democrat Party website for liberal Christians, FaithfulDemocrats.com, Shaun Casey of United Methodist Wesley Seminary in Washington, D.C., insists: “Jesus was an illegal alien and that ought to shape how we enter the current debate.” Casey is on the advisory council for...

Christian website hopes to win the faithful for the Democrats -07/09/06 A new Christian website has been set up to try and change the minds of the many American Christian voters who tend to see the Republicans as their natural party of choice. FaithfulDemocrats.com is not officially part of the Democrat party. However it claims to comprise religious and political leaders, writers, and regular Americans who are ‘committed to the Gospel and the common good’. Echoing the calls of Jim Wallis, dubbed by the UK press ‘Gordon Brown’s Guru’, that Christianity has been hijacked by Republicanism, FaithfulDemocrats.com aims to mobilise...

THE World Council of Churches today appealed for an urgent ceasefire in Lebanon and sharply criticised the international community for failing to halt the violence between Israel and Hezbollah. In a strongly worded public appeal, WCC general secretary Reverend Samuel Kobia accused major western powers of turning their backs on previous calls for an end to the violence or for restraint. "A war of ominous dimension and of far-reaching consequences is causing unimaginable and untold suffering to the people in Lebanon," Kobia said. "Yet these developments seemed to have no effect on the leaders of countries like Israel, the United...

Kevin Kallsen was, um... "kind" enough to point out the investiture of Marc Andrus as Bishop of California, where a man who authorized same-sex blessings (Bishop of North Carolina Michael Curry) delivered the homily, a woman who authorized same-sex blessings assisted in the eucharist (none other than PB-Elect Katharine Jefferts Schori), the setting was the cathedral whose dean believes we should "re-imagine" Christianity as Buddhism with vestments (Rev. Alan Jones), and the service included dancing dragons and an interpretive dance piece with Mary Magdalene as the theme. As Dave Barry might say, I am not making this up.

Small, irrelevant churches may be God's last, best hope to live up to the Gospel that calls for massive change in human behavior. Quakers do it regularly. Westgate Tabernacle Church in West Palm Beach does it through unconditional acceptance of the homeless. The Episcopal Church may be the latest example. Most churches vehemently resist change and often so define love as to exclude those who are different. They have too much at stake to take a chance on a new understanding of God's word. Both Baptist and Catholic traditions, huge institutions, resist the leadership of women and condemn homosexuality with...

How To Fight The Religious Righthttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/26/opinion/main1837172.shtml http://tinyurl.com/jhs6f July 26, 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- (The American Prospect) This article was written by Adele M. Stan. --------------------------------------------------------------------- It was a modest and, I thought, obvious proposal that I put forward two weeks ago on this page: That liberals give up the notion of creating a cohesive religious left movement that could act as an effective counterforce to the animus of the religious right. Instead, I argued, liberals would do well to claim our own moral agency by virtue of our own humanity and the essential values of liberalism, which encompass the most admirable tenets...

A plethora of new books is poring out explaining why Jesus is not a Republican. Supposedly millions of conservatives believe that the Savior does have a political registration. So liberal theologians and activists are rushing to the barricades to correct the record. The irony is that theological conservatives are the most likely to recognize that the Eternal Son of God transcends human political labels, and the least likely to ascribe salvific importance to politics, important though politics may be. Theological liberals, who usually have abandoned doctrines about divine transcendence and eternal judgment, are far more likely to prioritize politics. In...

DENVER – Moderate Democrats trying to get back into a debate now dominated by liberals offered yesterday what they hope is a centrist path back to the White House, showcasing potential presidential candidates and unveiling a Hillary Clinton-produced “American Dream Initiative” designed to appeal to the middle class. Hillary Clinton The occasion was the annual meeting of the Democratic Leadership Council, a centrist group that propelled Bill Clinton to the presidency and has been long favored by the party's officeholders from states that lean Republican. The backdrop for the summer session was the growing pressure from the left to make...

During the 2004 Illinois Senate race, GOP nominee Alan Keyes, facing certain crushing defeat from rival Barack Obama, suggested that Jesus Christ would not back the Democratic contender. "And I think you remember my response, which was, I wanted to know who his pollster was," Obama joked to Fox News host Alan Colmes on Oct. 26, 2004. "Because if I have a chance to talk to Jesus, I'm going to be talking to him about eternal life and the meaning and purpose of my work here. I'm not going to be worrying about who he's voting for in the Senate...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Appearing before a religious conference earlier this week, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York) told the audience that as a child attending Sunday school she would baby-sit the children of migrant workers so that their older siblings could join their parents at work. "I was fortunate that at an early age, through my church, I was given the opportunity to expand my horizons," Clinton told the 600 adults and teenagers attending the Sojourners "Covenant for a New America" conference. Politically, the story served two purposes for the New York Democrat. It allowed her to promote a developing...

Democrats need to get religion and mean it, according to Sen. Barack Obama. Obama took his party to task for ceding faith to the Republican Party at a speech in front of church and lay leaders at the National City Christian Church in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. "If we don't reach out to evangelical Christians and other religious Americans and tell them what we stand for, the Jerry Falwells and Pat Robertsons and Alan Keyes's views will continue to hold sway," the Illinois lawmaker said. "Nothing is more transparent than inauthentic expressions of faith by politicians who come and they're...

Kentucky students rally in support of gay classmate College students from across Kentucky gathered in Williamsburg Wednesday to support a gay student. Jason Johnson was suspended from the University of the Cumberlands when administrators found out he was gay. The president of the University of the Cumberlands released a statement Wednesday saying the administration has come to an agreement with Johnson. They say they will allow him to finish this semester's work and transfer to another school. But the students at Wednesday's rally say that does not change what happened. Through signs, speakers and songs, Kentucky students stood behind Jason...

Is it only me or are there others who are sick and tired of Liberals quoting the Bible -- or claiming to quote the Scriptures? It's as serious as Sen. Hillary Clinton using Scripture to defend illegal immigration and to slam the GOP immigration reform bill, or as silly as when environmentalists pose the question to Americans "would Jesus Christ drive an SUV?" It's an interesting political strategy. Especially with the Democrat Party's left-wing attempting to make inroads within the so-called Red States, especially in the Bible Belt.

Email NBC Chairman Bob Wright over NBC's latest show, "The Book of Daniel." NBC is touting the network's mid-season replacement series "The Book of Daniel" with language that implies it is a serious drama about Christian people and Christian faith. The main character is Daniel Webster, a drug-addicted Episcopal priest whose wife depends heavily on her mid-day martinis. Webster regularly sees and talks with a very unconventional white-robed, bearded Jesus. The Webster family is rounded out by a 23-year-old homosexual Republican son, a 16-year-old daughter who is a drug dealer, and a 16-year-old adopted son who is having sex with...

RAPID CITY, S.D. - A Rapid City man who pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography could have gotten 20 years in prison for his crimes. But Martin Harmon, 35, who recently converted to Christianity, received 10 years probation with several conditions. "I have turned into my father. I have taken advantage of innocence, and it now disgusts me," Harmon said at his sentencing Tuesday. He told Circuit Judge A.P. "Pete" Fuller that he wants to turn his life over to Jesus Christ and help others. Fuller said he considers rehabilitation chances when sentencing an offender. Harmon's...

Dania man arrested in California in child-sex plot Associated Press Posted February 15 2005, 6:30 AM EST -snip- An eighth man, Jeff Devore, 53, of Fullerton was charged with distributing child pornography as a result of the sting, said FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller. Devore, a minister at the Brea Congregational Church, in Orange County, Calif., was not accused of planning to go on the Mexico trip. He was allowed to post bail but it was immediately unknown whether he had done so. A phone call to the church seeking comment and a message left on Devore's answering machine were not...

The Church of England is to grant partners of homosexual clergy who have registered under the Government's new civil partnership scheme the same pension rights as clergy spouses. The disclosure, made at the General Synod last night, could prove an embarrassment to the bishops because sexually active homosexuals are theoretically barred from the priesthood. Only a few homosexual clergy have so far risked facing censure by publicly declaring that they are living in same-sex unions, but the prospect of gaining pension rights for their partners may prove an incentive for many more to "come out". The bishops plan to issue...