"You must be utterly daft if you think that command applies in this situation..."
I'm sorry. I wasn't aware that Jesus had a list of the select few to which this standard would be appplied.
"By that reasoning we might as well all be democrats."
Check your thought processes, friend. What does this have to do with republican or democrat?
"It saddens me to see someone make such a stupid comment as yours."
Now THAT'S a first! Quote Jesus on FR and get called stupid!
So what does that say about your religion, then, if it can be applied as you see fit? When it's tenets are mutable and you can selectively choose to practice it when it suits your needs here, or use it as a weapon when it suits your needs there?
Don't be a hypocrite and then try to explain it away as a "political preference". It's religious and moral snobbery, plain and simple.
And i the meantime, actual political debate is squashed and no information which might actually help the cause is being squashed.
"and no information which might actually help the cause is being squashed."
Excuse me, that should read:
"And information which might actually help the cause is being squashed".
Need more coffee, I think.