Here’s a lengthy article from the Christian Science Monitor about how Hillary Clinton is now openly talking about her faith as she tries to lure evangelical Christians over to her side of the political camp.
For six years, President Bush has been tarred and feathered by liberals for daring to talk about his faith and how it guides his decision making – both he and Clinton are United Methodist, by the way. People on this very site talk about how “scary” Bush, Huckabee and Romney are because faith plays an important role in their lives.
Well, folks – how does Hillary strike you now that she’s courting thousands of folks at an evangelical megachurch with a bunch of Bible talk? How do you feel knowing her stance on immigration is informed by the Good Samaritan story?
Here’s how it strikes me – I don’t fault anyone for openly talking about their faith. It’s the individual’s right. I applaud Hillary for it, and hope she means what she says. I think it's great to hear that her family members had some connection with John Wesley.
I do bristle at the rank hypocrisy critics display when they yelp about one candidate injecting faith into politics and giving a pass or, even worse, writing gushing articles about another's faith, simply because one agrees with their political agenda and the other doesn’t. How can anyone who thinks that faith ought not enter the political arena even think about voting for Hillary or Obama?
It behooves those who think faith ought not enter political debate or policy to decry it on both sides without empty equivocating.
Otherwise, all the blather amounts to nothing more than empty partisan bloviating.
Somehow, I doubt I'll get very many takers here.
