You hear it all the time. "I vote republican because I vote for my Christian values."

Arianna, from her blog:

In this LA Times article about Red state Democrats trying to win over conservative voters, the debate falls into the tired old storyline of Republicans pushing "Christian values" (ie opposing abortion and gay marriage) vs. Democrats pushing economic issues (ie raising the minimum wage and offering college tuition tax credits).

How 2004.

Someone needs to tell these guys: economic issues are Christian values.

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Quick, someone [...] get these so-called values voters a copy of the Bible and point out its admonition that we shall be judged by what we do for the least among us. Indeed, if you removed every reference to poverty in the New Testament, the Good Book would be reduced to little more than a Not Bad Pamphlet. In the words of Rev. Jim Wallis, "The Prophets would be decimated, the Psalms destroyed, and the Gospels ripped to shreds." On the other hand, there is not a single mention of gay marriage or the need to ban it.

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