NanceGreggs: The Republican Christian – a Contradiction in Terms?

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13. Spot on!!!

Having listened to two earnest young Christian women share the following ...
1--America doesn't have poor people. It has lazy people who should be ashamed of themselves.
2--Poor people don't live in America. True poor people live in Africa. All Americans have big-screen color TVs. They aren't poor.

I wasn't sure if the bible I read growing up was replaced by a new version where Jesus spent his time damning abortion and bashing gays.

Like Nance, I was raised Catholic, so I know those verses about "the least of these" and loving my neighbor. I keep wondering what happened to them and why they are apparently no longer valid for U.S. "Christians." The pastors are too busy urging their parishioners to beat their gay children and explaining that the parable of the vineyard workers is God's stand against unionization.

As comedian John Fugelsang reminds us regularly, "Jesus never asked a leper for a copay."

Thanks, Babylon Sister, for bringing Nance to us. I miss her thoughtful columns so very much.