Who will bless the Democrats?

[AmyStrange]

Who will bless the Democrats?
By David O'Brien | June 14, 2004

FROM: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/06/14/who_will_bless_the_democrats/
DEMOCRATS, lots of them, are coming to town, and not everyone is happy. Some are worried about getting to and from work, shopping, and entertainment, and others, more fearful of terrorists than traffic, will get out of town. I am worried about God, more specifically about who will ask that God's grace touch these delegates? Who can we expect to see offering invocations and benedictions for Democrats?

Both parties should have little trouble finding friendly rabbis and imams. George Bush and John Kerry are both friends of Israel, and both want to make it clear that they are not into any sort of religious war. Bush will have no trouble with evangelical Protestants, and Catholic clerics are falling over one another as they rally to his cause.

But what self-respecting Catholic pastor or evangelical preacher can appear to bless the party of partial-birth abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and gay marriage? African-Americans could long be counted on for Democratic gatherings, but many have big problems with gay marriage. Mainstream Protestant preachers are always available, but whatever votes the Democrats will get from that shrinking pool are already sewed up. The big Christian markets are Catholics and evangelicals, and that's where the problem comes in.

Those in both groups who go to church regularly voted heavily for Bush in 2000. For four years. the president has been courting evangelicals, those he considers his family in faith, and Catholic bishops have been bashing Kerry and other high placed Democrats. Whenever anyone tells me the bishops are nonpartisan, I agree, but I remember Philadelphia's hard-nosed John Cardinal Kroll delivering the benediction for Nixon and Agnew at Miami Beach in 1972, then joining arms with them to sing "God Bless America." Months later, I was told, he had agents gathering up photos of the moment from news service archives.

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[AndyTiedye]

1. No Blessings for Us Unless We Bend Over First

We would have to sell out women's rights and gay rights totally.

"...some favors come at too high a price."

Vir, on Babylon 5

[AmyStrange]

2. Reminds me of the Soup Nazi...

No BLESSING for YOU


you are right it is too high a price to pay,

d

[AmyStrange]

3. an interesting side note...

is the whole idea that Jesus was a pretty liberal guy. That whole feed the poor thing he had going was pretty liberal. Jesus never married. He lived with twelve other guys. The only women he hung out with were in his family or a lady of the night (Mary M.).

There is no way that this guy would be (in any way, shape, or form) unsympathetic to gays and that's all I'm saying,

d

4. I WILL!

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Did I miss anyone?

you?

Bless you!

[incapsulated]

5. God Bless This Mess...

I'm sure they will find someone appropriate, I'm not worried at all.

[jsw_81]

6. We don't need any "blessing"

It's a political convention, not a church service.

[cally]

7. The National Council of Churches has

not gotten on the rightwing junta against Democrats. Most Christian congregations belong to this association. The Council takes many liberal positions and wrote a public letter condemning the plan to invade Iraq.

I despise articles like this one. :argh: