Don’t use religion as a weapon
I think Cal Thomas’ column misses the point, as usual. He says we center-to-left folks are “intolerant of ideas rooted in conservative politics or evangelical faith.” A more correct statement would be we are “intolerant of ideas rooted in conservative politics and evangelical faith.” Mr. Thomas and the right side of this page believe the two have to be joined at the hip while we see them as separate entities, like oil and water; or oxymorons, as is “compassionate conservative.”
Maybe it should be said that our problem is not with Christian evangelicals who live what they preach. It’s the opportunistic politicians and others who use religion as a wedge or weapon for personal gain, whether it be wealth or politics or whatever. Wolves in sheep’s’ clothing, so to speak. We do not believe you have to vote Republican in order to be a Christian.
Many of us on the left consider ourselves to be simply sinners, saved by grace. Can you conservatives claim to have a better deal than that?
ALLAN BAGGETT