Religious Voters League

Religious (In)convenience

It's your life; pray if you want to

As much as I find it hilarious—if by hilarious, you mean funny until you reach the point where you want to gouge your own eyes out with your fingernails and scream bloody murder out of sheer annoyance—that so many so-called Christians are all riled up over saying “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” (the scandal!), I find it just as funny that there are so many people who are equally as religious only when it is convenient for them. Read more about Religious (In)convenience

Fringe Christian Warriors Killing for God

It’s definitely nothing new. More wars have been fought in the name of god than anything else in the world; one look at the horrible Crusades and you’d think we’d have learned something by now. Maybe someone should make a new Crusades movie a la Saving Private Ryan; then people might take it seriously. Read more about Fringe Christian Warriors Killing for God

Rick Perry To Hold Religious Revival For the Nation Dubbed "The Response"

Potential Republican Candidate for President Rick Perry is chasing the evangelical vote and whipping up a flurry of criticism.

Texas Governor Rick Perry has been flirting with a Presidential run for 2012 for the last several months, hitting the right states, calling up special interests like The Family Leader (remember the "Marriage Vow" Pledge?) and courting all of the right peo Read more about Rick Perry To Hold Religious Revival For the Nation Dubbed "The Response"

MYOB, Sally Kern

Hearing all of these radically conservative pundits wax on about how gay people are against nature (false), against the Bible (A. who cares? and B. so is everything from planting two crops together to doing anything on the Sabbath), and basically immoral examples for the children (um, hello, look at so many of their straight married parents; can any of us really cast stones?) is getting really, really old. Honestly, I admire the restraint the gay community has; by now, I would have probably gone postal on the entire system, particularly those who claimed to be ardent allies and have failed to demonstrate their actual commitment to gay rights.

Today I read that Sally Kern was busy flapping her jaws about something stupid that she shouldn’t even care about yet again. You remember Kern, the anti-feminist, anti-gay, anti-anything-other-than-1950s-lifestyles lawmaker from Oklahoma (isn’t that scary, that such a person makes laws for others to adhere to?). Oh, you don’t? Yeah, she’s vague to me as well—that’s probably because I don’t live in Oklahoma and could care less about her and what she thinks, just as she could care less about what other people think or do in their own lives, too.

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Tell Congress to Protect Medicaid

Most Christians believe in helping the poor, and in honoring our neighbors. If Congress decides to issue harmful cuts to Medicaid, many of our elderly, disabled, and poor neighbors will be at risk. Thousands of poor people—often those who work long hours at minimum wage jobs that do not provide insurance, or those who cannot work due to disabilities—depend up on this program for basic health care. Please click here for more information and to contact Congress to ask them to refrain from making cuts to this integral program.

The No-Show Rapture: Financial Ramifications

It’s the end of the World as we know it. Or is it? Unfortunately for the disappointed Christian followers of Harold Camping and his kooky ideas, the world is still here, as are most of the Christian believers. If the great Rapture of May 2011 came this weekend, most of us missed it.

Joel Osteen should endorse a 2012 Candidate already - so he can keep being rich

Joel Osteen is not your typical fire-and-brimstone pastor. Rather than speaking about waiting for heaven's reward, Osteen preaches the “prosperity gospel,” succinctly described as God making his believers wealthy and healthy on earth. Not surprisingly, Osteen’s gospel is popular in the United States. Osteen, who is wealthy himself, preaches to a 47,000-member strong church in Houston and his sermons are broadcast to more than 100 countries and 7 million people. Read more about Joel Osteen should endorse a 2012 Candidate already - so he can keep being rich

Are Voters Ready for a Mormon President?

Some claim that Mitt Romney’s status as a Mormon isn’t what knocked him out of the last election; they say that his status as an unknown did him in instead. Now that people know who he is, they argue, he could be a viable contestant in the battle for the presidency next year.

I’m not so sure about that. After what happened when the Mormons pushed so hard for Proposition 8 in California, I know that no supporters of equality, gay rights, and the general reduction of bigotry are going to be in favor of Romney. Read more about Are Voters Ready for a Mormon President?

Jesus was a Liberal

Jesus was a Liberal

I have commented in previous posts about how amazing it is that people who say they are Conservatives want to claim Jesus as their inspiration and yet support policies that are directly opposed to his very Liberal teachings. Jesus was for helping the poor, healing the ill, caring for the children, and taking care of everyone regardless of who they were. He was against the accumulation of wealth, involvement in politics, proclaiming your piety in public and violent retribution. Read more about Jesus was a Liberal

Aljazeera

Aljazeera's Take on Religion and Politics in America

It is always useful to step outside our own point of view and take a look at how others see us. Here is a video from the Middle Eastern television network Aljazeera talking about religion and politics in America. They discuss involvement of Islam and Christianity in the last US presidential election.

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