End of the Religious Right? Yeah, Right!
I read an article over on Time about the end of the religious right. I can’t really say that I agree.
I don’t think I’m seeing what is talked about in the article, that is that churches are being more balanced between the political parties. I could be missing something but I haven’t really seen that.
I suppose the best time to tell will be the next elections. Just think about how many churches in recent elections have all but insisted that members needed to vote for a particular candidate. If it keeps coming up in elections, I think you can take all the apparent progress that shows when elections are a while off and call it an illusion.
Certainly there has been some progress. Religious leaders have realized that the religious belief that humans have stewardship of the Earth means we need to take care of it, and that includes protecting the environment rather than seeing how fast we can squeeze profit out of it. There’s more social awareness.
But I don’t know that that means progress in terms of a better political balance. As I said, we’ll see what happens as elections get closer.
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February 20th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
When I think of how the church affects my vote, I think along moral lines. When I look at a candidate, I look at how he or she feels about moral issues like abortion or gay marriage. How I feel about non-moral issues comes second in my decision. If a candidate is not in line with how I feel morally, I don’t look past that and I search for another candidate. I can not and will not separate my moral beliefs when it comes to voting.
February 20th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
And that’s perfectly reasonable. What I found unreasonable was hearing pastors tell parishioners how to vote.