Religion Experts Ask How Jesus Would Vote

[realFedUp]

April 18

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Jesus-Vote.html

Religion Experts Ask How Jesus Would Vote
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 8:24 a.m. ET

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Just a few miles from George W. Bush's former office at the state Capitol, a panel of religious experts weighed a question with relevance to many people of faith: How would Jesus vote?

It's a complex topic that can't be boiled down to simple political terms, said religious leaders who attended a Texas Faith Network conference in Austin on Tuesday. Many at the conference voiced concerns that the religious right dominates discussions of faith and morality in politics. They complained that issues such as abortion and gay marriage seem to take priority over hunger, corporate crime and even the war in Iraq.

James C. Moore, co-author of ``Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George Bush Presidential,'' drew laughter and applause when he offered his view to the moderate to left-leaning crowd of about 250 clergy and lay leaders.

``If ever there were a bleeding-heart liberal, it was Jesus Christ,'' Moore said at Congregation Agudas Achim synagogue. ``I think the carpenter from Galilee was the original Democrat.''

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[Hawkeye-X]

1. Jesus votes Liberal

and Says to * - You are NOT my father, so EFF OFF!

Hawkeye-X

[Stuckinthebush]

2. Gandhi? Buddha? Mother Teressa?

What about these people? How would they vote?

I'm guessing Kerry.

[realFedUp]

3. The meme should be "Jesus was a liberal" n/t

[maxsolomon]

4. i keep waiting for a debate question:

mr. president, in his sermon on the mount, jesus challenged us to 'love our enemies', to do good to them. do you agree with this approach to conflict resolution , and how does our current middle east policy match up with this admonition?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. Would he vote at all?

I imagine if he did, he'd vote for some obscure independent liberal candidate rather than one of the major parties.