For too many people, "Republican = Christian". From the outside of Christianity, Christians get identified with conservative Christian evangelical types, many of whom are Republican … and who, themselves, mistake their particular flavor of Christianity with Christianity as a whole (and, thus, their political affiliation with The Only Party a True Christian(TM) Can Belong To).
But that's not the whole picture, by any means …
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As a non-theist I often keep company with people who write off all Christians on the basis of the religious right – which is admittedly the loudest branch of that religion in this country. But it is important to recognize that within Christianity is a broad range of human values, from inexplicably Ayn Rand-ish and hating gays, to OT prophet's concern for the poor. Here's a well-reasoned essay from a Christian who explains why she is a Democrat. It is sad that any Christian or any person for that matter should have to explain…
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A friend recently watched, helpless and aggrieved, as her husband—a philosophy professor at a conservative Christian university—was pummeled online for co-writing an essay with a fellow professor on w…
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CNN had a story today about Obama being the wrong type of Christian.
@bd – The headline (not not URL) for which has been changed from “Obama the ‘wrong’ kind of Christian” to “The Gospel According to Obama”.
It’s actually a decent article (http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/21/to-some-obama-is-the-wrong-kind-of-christian/).