The anti-compassion angle (which I’m sure will be ratcheted up esp. if a true conservative is our nominee) is rooted in the false assumption that the only channel to help the “less fortunate” is via the government.
What about the separation of church and state? If in fact, it’s the Christian thing to do to help the less fortunate as the good pastor puts forward - what business does the “state” have involving itself in an obvious religious function?
Charity should be administered through the church, NOT the government or any agent of same.
This may be wandering from the point a bit but I disagree that charity is solely a religious function. I give to some charities that are neither religious nor governmental in nature. I agree that charity to the poor is a Christian duty but that doesn’t mean all charity has to be through religious groups any more than it has to be through government welfare, as the left would have us believe.