Why I Left the Right: How Studying Religion Made Me a Liberal

[Tripper11]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susie-meister/studying-religion-republican-made-me-a-liberal_b_9293716.html

"It was January 20, 2001, and I was at George W. Bush's inaugural ball. I had spent months campaigning for him, and it had not been easy. After the Florida electoral debacle complete with "hanging chads," Katherine Harris (and her 15 minutes of shame), and ultimately the Supreme Court's Bush v. Gore decision, I was finally enjoying the fruits of my labor as I celebrated the new president that I worked to get elected."

....snip....further down the article

"I could no longer reconcile Jesus's calls for non-judgment, loving your enemies, and taking up your cross with many of the Religious Right's positions on social services, women's rights and the LGBT community. Even though I felt alone in my theological shift, I was not."

**Interesting read. I would like to think she might be starting something, but sadly, I am pessimistic about others "seeing the light" for what it truly should be.

[tanyev]

1. Interesting. Thanks for posting.

[truebluegreen]

2. I agree: it seems to me that the "Christian" Right's allegiance

to the Republican party is more about tribalism than teachings.

[raging moderate]

3. God is Love.

"Be ye kind..." "Inasmuch as ye did it for the least of these my brethren, ye did it for me..." Jesus Christ

[Gothmog]

4. Great story

Thanks for posting