thoughts from the common man....

What is wrong with us....

I saw this bumper sticker a couple of weeks ago, and it epitomizes my feelings toward the current administrations campaign tactics. (Yes DEEPsters, this is going to be a boring adult post :) Why is it that they feel the need to use Jesus, and the Christian faith as a campaign tactic? Is God really so small that He fits within a particular political ideology? Should democrats, libertarians, liberal republicans, etc feel as though there is something wrong with them because they do not see eye to eye with Bush? I feel that all the GOP has done is polarize America through aligning themselves with the Christian right, and demonizing the left.

Why do I have to be told how to vote on a constitutional amendment in church? How about instead of spending our time hammering out legislation to ban homosexual marriage (by "defining marriage"), we spend time figuring out how to adequately fund a broken school system (not my opinion, the ruling of the Supreme Court). What does it say to a homosexual that we are so ready to spend time mobilize on a constitutional amendment, and spend so little time getting to know people that are not like us?

It is a bit of an exaggeration to claim the Bush the current administration is solely responsible for equating Christianity with conservatives and republicans, because I am sure that this was the case long before 43 came to be president, but it still infuriates me. I am sure my perception is skewed, growing up in Texas, in the heart of the Bible belt, but I still feel that it is occurring, and its growth is not solely a result of my increasing interest in the subject...

I guess what I am saying, is isn't it a bit disturbing to limit our witness to conservatives? Doesn't it hurt Christ's mission if we alienate those of other political ideologies? Those of other races? Those of other sexual orientations?

Posted by Lee at December 15, 2005 02:36 PM