Christian Right gets out the vote.. and demonizes the Democrats

[progressivebydesign]

From an AP story on Yahoo... nice to know that we are "the enemy" and that the Christian Coalition, who seems to speak for all Christians now (according to them), is advocating violence against us!!! If a freakin' peace group or someone here on DU said what the Coalition's rep said, they'd get a visit from the FBI, or worse:

"The federal marriage amendment will be an important issue in the states it's on the ballot," Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America, said Saturday during an election training conference for activist members. "It will have an impact on us getting out the vote."

The coalition is finishing interviews of lawmakers for its voter guides, which national field coordinator Bill Thomson called the "B-2 bomber" in its arsenal. Combs wasn't ready to say exactly how many coalition voter guides will be printed. The group handed out 70 million in 2000.

"Never allow the enemy to block you," Thomson urged them. "Get around them, run over the top of them, destroy them — whatever you need to do so that God's word is the word that is being practiced in Congress, town halls and state legislatures."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=7&u=/ap/20040925/ap_on_el_ge/christian_conservatives

[Cha]

1. I'm so pissed at those pharisees right now...

they better not get in my path.

They no more have "God's Word"...then they have the brains to think with!!

[jean]

2. the CC is the most bitter flavor of Christianity - ask bush supporters

what flavor (of Christianity) they are - and do they want the CC ruling our lives.

[kokomo]

4. I call them "christians" with a lower case "c" as they are not Christ-like

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. But Jesus said

"love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you..."

and

"turn the other cheek"


and

"Judge not, that ye shall not be judged".

Oh do these people really follow the teachings of people other than Jesus?

[AntiCoup2K4]

5. Yes, most of them follow an entirely different teaching...

....that of a short Austrian guy with a bad haircut, funny mustache, and shitty attitude.

[billbuckhead]

6. What's our response to them saying Democrats will ban the Bible?

Isn't constantly telling this lie an example of these "christians" saying they'll do anything.
Unfortunately this lie will work well pumping up their base, who half-assed already believe this B.S.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. No surprise there. But never fear, the

spiritual left is rallying too.

[RevCheesehead]

8. Please see this link:

From Sojourners:

God is Not a Republican. Or a Democrat.

Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and others on the Religious Right
claim that God has taken a side in this election, and that
Christians should only vote for George W. Bush. The Bush-Cheney
campaign even told volunteers it was their "duty" to make church
directories available to their campaign.

"It is the responsibility of...every evangelical Christian
...to get serious about re-electing President Bush."

- Jerry Falwell, The New York Times, July 16, 2004

How has the love of Jesus, the Prince of Peace - and his good
news to the poor - been distorted by the pro-war, pro-rich
political agenda of the Religious Right? Our faith has been
hijacked, and it's time to take it back!

Click below to sign our petition and send a message to America
that God is not a Republican or a Democrat, and that the
Religious Right does not speak for you. Remind America that
Jesus taught us to be peacemakers, advocates for the poor, and
defenders of justice.

With your help, Sojourners will also place a full-page
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Please forward this e-mail to your family and friends. Tell
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Sign the petition, support the campaign, and spread the word.
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[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Yep. I am

familiar with that one, thanks to another DUer. :)

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