Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Our Newest Op Ed
Christians in Name Only
- By Rudy Takala
Since New Orleans was demolished by Hurricane Katrina, there has been no end to the number of factors people have cited as responsible for the resulting damage. Among those reasons have been homosexuality and the "Girls Gone Wild" video production. If someone would just get rid of the gays and the pornographers, apparently, Americans would achieve immortality and disaster would cease to plague our nation. A quick search on any Internet search engine will quickly find those who have faulted "liberal" sin for the advent of Katrina.
In light of these accusations, I found a recent poll by the Pew Research Center to be interesting. According to the study, the "religion gap" between Republicans and Democrats is widening. Twenty-nine percent of the public sees the Democratic Party as "generally friendly" toward religion, down from 40 percent a year ago and 42 percent in 2003. A 55 percent majority continues to see the GOP as friendly toward religion.
How exactly are we to define "friendly"? Is that term simply a description of those who are most willing to give free money (also known as "tax dollars") and institutional perks to their favorite religious establishments? I’d like to know, because no one is in the mood these days to be particularly tolerant of anyone else. Neither party harbors members who are very friendly toward anyone else's religions or beliefs.........
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- By Rudy Takala
Since New Orleans was demolished by Hurricane Katrina, there has been no end to the number of factors people have cited as responsible for the resulting damage. Among those reasons have been homosexuality and the "Girls Gone Wild" video production. If someone would just get rid of the gays and the pornographers, apparently, Americans would achieve immortality and disaster would cease to plague our nation. A quick search on any Internet search engine will quickly find those who have faulted "liberal" sin for the advent of Katrina.
In light of these accusations, I found a recent poll by the Pew Research Center to be interesting. According to the study, the "religion gap" between Republicans and Democrats is widening. Twenty-nine percent of the public sees the Democratic Party as "generally friendly" toward religion, down from 40 percent a year ago and 42 percent in 2003. A 55 percent majority continues to see the GOP as friendly toward religion.
How exactly are we to define "friendly"? Is that term simply a description of those who are most willing to give free money (also known as "tax dollars") and institutional perks to their favorite religious establishments? I’d like to know, because no one is in the mood these days to be particularly tolerant of anyone else. Neither party harbors members who are very friendly toward anyone else's religions or beliefs.........
Click HERE To Read On
# posted by Publius @ 9/14/2005 02:00:00 PM 
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