[Vision2020] Thank you

[DonaldH675 at aol.com]

Visionaries:

Wayne Fox has forwarded a beautiful op-ed piece written by Leonard Pitts, 
Jr., that is well worth reading.  (Mr. Pitts is a Pulitzer Prize winning 
columnist for the Miami Herald.)  The notion that the Republican Party has kidnapped 
God for political purposes is not new and not just a phenomena on the national 
scene - we saw ample evidence of that kind of thinking in a local race - when 
Tom Trail listed his religious affiliation as though it were a credential for 
office.  We need only look as far as the Idaho State House to understand how 
dogma shapes legislation and religious affiliation limits political 
opportunities for those who stand outside the Temple.  Locally, we have the covenantal 
remnant that wishes to avoid property taxes all the while blustering they don't 
accept government benefits because of their commitment to the Lordship of 
Jesus.  

It is possible, I suppose, that I will work beyond the notion that every 
person who voted for George Bush has blood on their hands.  Possible, but not 
likely. The fact that much of his support came from folks who claim they are 
Christian is an incredible shame -- both to them and to those of us who didn't call 
them on their hypocrisy, or prayerfully suggest they reread the Gospel.

I am not suggesting for a moment that the Democratic answer to all this is to 
out-Christian the Republicans.  Besides, loons like Pat Robertson and Jerry 
Falafel are naturally more at home with the Republicans.  I am suggesting that 
if Christians want to justify a claim the moral high ground  they had better 
start working to feed the hungry, house the homeless, comfort the sick (that 
would mean health care for everyone), visit the prison (that means addressing 
the causes of crime), and instead of spending billions of dollars to kill people 
ten thousand miles from the U. S, we start building schools, clinics, job 
opportunities in this county and abroad.  

Rose Huskey

"One cannot level one's moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are 
just too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between 
doing something and doing nothing is everything." Daniel Berrigan
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