Posted on 09/06/2006 6:55:11 AM PDT by ZGuy
A group of Christian Democrats seeking to compete against Republicans for the vote of religious Americans has started a Web site meant to serve as a forum for like thinkers and a political tool to raise money and volunteers for Democratic candidates who share their values.
The new site, FaithfulDemocrats.com, is partly the brainchild of David Wilhelm, a former Democratic National Committee chairman who also managed campaigns for Mayor Richard M. Daley and President Bill Clinton.
"So the main thing was to help reframe the values debate to be beyond wedge-issue politics, beyond fear and division and more focused on justice and the common good," Lava said. "So our site is explicitly a Christian community. It is explicitly a Democratic community."
Republicans have appealed to religious voters, particularly Christians, by prominently campaigning against abortion, gay marriage and other issues.
For years, progressive Christian groups such as Sojourners have tried to swing the debate away from those wedge issues and more toward such social justice issues as poverty and health care for those without insurance.
One of FaithfulDemocrats.com's leaders is a Tennessee Democrat, Roy Herron, his party's leader in the state Senate.
A folksy anti-abortion advocate, Herron is a former minister who probably would be an attractive candidate to numerous people who attend the huge, conservative-oriented churches that have provided significant support to GOP candidates.
"I'm tired of politicians and partisans and preachers spelling God G-O-P," Herron told reporters Tuesday. "Now many Americans think Jesus never rode a donkey and today only rides an elephant. The truth is God cannot be held hostage by a political party. And American Christians should not be, either."
FaithfulDemocrats.com's advisory council includes such Democratic political figures as Mike McCurry, who was Clinton's press secretary, and Minyon Moore, who advised Clinton and Jesse Jackson Sr.
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I would be very interested in hearing any reply you may receive.
So funny. A party that supports abortion, homosexuality, criminal rights, and calls dung on the Virgin Mary "art" wonders why they're losing touch with Christians?
One of these groups is stupid and it ain't the Christians.
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INDEED!
VERY INDEED! LOL.
Clueless traitorous idiots.
More proof they still don't get it!
The problem I have with progressives when they talk about religious values is they want the government to do their job and espouse "moral relevance".
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Indeed! With a quibble:
More proof they still don't get it!
The problem I have with progressives [REGRESSIVE--all the way back to Soddom and Gomorrah] when they talk about religious values is they want the government to do their job and espouse "moral relevance".
Biblical reasons to support our Gay and Lesbian democrat party members:
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(crickets........)
I wonder if Bill Clinton will be sitting in with his prop Bible.
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I wonder how many dilldo's Shrillery hides in her prop Bible? Maybe not too many given it's relatively small size.
thinkers ??
Democrats ???
Thinking ????
Maybe the Dumbocrats "feel" they are thinking.
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Indeed.
FaithfulDemocrats.com
With apologies to these probably virtuous folks...
The truly "faithful" Democrats are dedicated to:
more taxes,
illegal immigration, amnesty for Identity Theft and Social Security fraud (provided you
broke the law to get into the country,
special rights for the GLBT crowd,
and, oh well, let's just say it: rum, sodomy and the lash.
Oops, I forgot: G-d erased from the scenery and bottled up at home.
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INDEED!
The only things the DIMRATS are faithful to are:
1. Their vanity
2. Their treason
3. Their globalist puppet masters
4. Marx
5. Machiavelli
6. Their abortionists
7. Their publicity agents
8. Their lawyers
Well, they used the official socialism euphemism...so they can pretty much forget it now.
"Here's a complete list of Democratic Christians:"
I'm sorry. I blinked and missed it.
"Christian Democrats"
The cognitive dissonance created by the phrase gives me a headache.
Thanks for this article. I live in Tenn. and had no idea who Herron was. It was really an eye opener for me. No wonder Tennessee is in such bad shape. The Republicans took over the house and senate the last election, but then turned it back over to the Dems to run. Politics in this state drive me crazy.
The democraticunderground.com website.Take a look sometime. It's scary.
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