Many Religious Voters Favor Obama, Poll Finds

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by Yooperkat

Is it good for the Democratic Party to lure in "religious" Americans? Does the Democratic Party really care?

Controlling the Wind (and Religious Progressives) - Steven Waldman

The Republicans havent exactly been the party of compassion and social justice.

That said, the D Party is in shambles. It certainly doesn't "care" and it certainly does want to control, though dont they all?

And all that said - it doesnt matter what party a candidate belongs to - Wasn't Jesus A Liberal?

[gsupstate]

Well I guess black liberation voters (disguised as religious) are part of the "religious" group flocking to Obama. Leah Daughtry, is supposedly a pastor, yet shares the same radical black liberation views as Jeremiah Wright.

Leah Daughtry seems to be another ticking time bomb for Obama.....waiting to explode.

Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/ma...l?ref=magazine

[Mike from back east]

Similar story in today's WaPo: washingtonpost.com

Excerpt:

DULUTH, Ga. -- Jonathan Merritt is a Baptist preacher's son with a pristine evangelical lineage...."I grew up believing an evangelical couldn't be a Democrat," said Merritt, 25. "The two were mutually exclusive." ... in the past year, as the presidential campaign has focused on the country's problems, Merritt has begun to question the party of his father. There was his recent revelation that "God is green," a mission trip to orphanages in Brazil that caused him to worry about global poverty, an encounter with a growing strain of politically liberal evangelicalism that has taken off online, and a nagging sense that Bush's unpopularity has been an embarrassment to the evangelicals who overwhelmingly voted for him (and were "had" by Rove, et al) . "When you look at the political party that has traditionally championed poverty, social justice and care for the least of these, it's not been the Republican Party," said Merritt, who now considers himself an "independent conservative" and is unsure whom he will vote for in November. "We are to honor the least of these above even ourselves. It's very difficult to reconcile totally." .... Merritt still shares his parents' conservative convictions on abortion, but says they are no longer enough for him to claim the Republican Party.

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This younger generation has a LOT more sense than their parents, who vote in blind faith knee-jerk obeisance to the fatwahs issued by moral cretins like Falwell(d), Robertson, Dobson, and other "leaders" of The American Taliban evango-fascist far right. The remarks of this young man indicate that we may be seeing the beginning of the end of single issue politics in this country, i.e., abortion (by itself) isn't enough to keep him voting for the GOP.

[gsupstate]

I heard today, apparently a couple of news channels are going to do some "investigative" stories on Leah Daughtry (black liberation radical, masking as a Christian preacher). This story is growing......what for new episodes weekly........

[WingsOfGold]

Originally Posted by janeannwho

So you concede that John McCain will do nothing to further the anti abortion cause. Thanks.

Probably not BUT his new Supreme Court may have a say in it. I mean, Ginsberg looks like she's already been aborted.

[walidm]

Originally Posted by blacknight04

Many Religious Voters Favor Obama, Poll Finds - Yahoo! News (broken link)

Interesting.

Perhaps it's the fundamental understanding that "people in glass houses don't throw stones"?