Christianity, Bush, and Morality

Brandon writes his Senator.

a badchristian blog... - dear ms. stabenow: "My desire to see social justice done, though, supersedes my desire to not have to spend the time required to draft a letter to my Senator. I am deeply and gravely concerned with the proposed budget for the next fiscal year.

The current President talks about moral values, and frankly, that sickens me as he's recently proposed a budget that cuts benefits to the poor, pours even more money into the military, and offers tax cuts to the wealthiest of Americans--of these facts you are indubitably aware. Honestly, Ms. Stabenow, as a Christian I am deeply dismayed at the President's manipulation of the tenets of my faith in order to win re-election. Now these questionable morals are being used to foist a neo-conservative agenda onto the American people.

Ms. Stabenow, I am not alone. Many other deeply devout people have a concern for the poor. Democrats have a responsibility to their constituents to re-embrace and re-communicate their values in the context of faith to people of faith. Many individuals, like myself, yearn for you to reach out to us. We deeply desire that our faithful convictions--more progressive in nature--receive resonation on the national level.

Re-communicating things of faith, though, Ms. Stabenow, does not mean a watering down of who you are. More progressive Christians do not desire that all politicians 'convert to Christianity,' 'Christianize' their rhetoric, or espouse some proper degree of religiosity in order to quell their constituency. We simply want you to be honest about who you are and where you come from. We simply want you to talk about progressive values in a context that expresses their congruence with issues of faith--whether that faith is Christian or not.

People everywhere, regardless of their religious heritage, have grave concerns over this proposed budget. It is woefully incongruent with the historic tenets of Christianity or most other world religions. Please speak out on my behalf, and on the behalf of countless other faithful Americans."

[emphasis mine]