Christian & Liberal?

I've never thought you could be both. Now I've found a Doug Giles column that agrees with me.

Thanks to the aggressive and ludicrous liberal lug nuts' anti-Christian agenda, your vote for a liberal Christian is a vote for Secularism to be continually mainlined into our public school system. Thanks to rabid, vapid secularism, our public schools and universities would rather you be a Rocky Horror super freak than a Christian. If your beliefs run to the bizarre or the banal; or if you want to smoke the same philosophical crack that Caligula, Nero, Castro or Lenin freebased, they'll accommodate you.

Our schools are totally open to anyone and to anything, unless, of course, you're a Christian. And if that's the case, then you're likely to get more sympathy from a badger with minimal sleep than you will from liberal educators who are hard at work making your life hard. Let me repeat: A vote for the secular left is a vote for Christianity to continue to be officially vilified on campus and for Christians to be ostracized in campus life.

In short, being a Christian liberal is pulling a John Kerry. It's like saying that you have deeply held religious beliefs that have no place in policymaking. How deeply held can a person's Christian beliefs be if they don't want those beliefs to govern their life? How How deeply held can a person's Christian beliefs be if they don't want those beliefs to govern our nation's life? What good are the right beliefs if they don't influence your decisions?

From an intellectual standpoint, that's the equivalent of Hillary Clinton saying that she's got strong personal beliefs on abortion but that she'd still nominate pro life justices to the Supreme Court. Would anyone believe her? Better yet, would her supporters still support her if they thought she was serious?

Thanks to the aggressive and ludicrous liberal lug nuts' anti-Christian agenda, your vote for a liberal Christian is a vote for:

Public officials, employees and appointees to be pressured to hide their faith in the closet and suppress their public displays of belief in God lest they be grouped with Hitler, Osama, or Mussolini and then fired. Not only will the liberals aggressively work to prohibit the State from green lighting and recognizing Christianity as a legitimate and positive force in our land, they will also attempt to stifle Christians from influencing the path of government.

How often have Christians been characterized as intolerant, mean-spirited and hateful? How often have liberal politicians referred to Christians as "the far right wing" of the GOP? I remember Vic Fazio referring to Christian conservatives as the lunatic fringe of the GOP in the runup to the 94 landslide. I remember Al Gore refer to Christians as extremists and "kooks" and worse.

That's the real Democratic Party. Christians that are Democrats are silent about their beliefs. They've said it's because their personal beliefs don't belong in the public arena. I suspect it's because they don't want to face the ridicule of the lunatic secularists in their party. Like being a Hollywood conservative.

Here's a snippet from a previous article:

More than 25,000 evangelical Christian youth landed Friday in San Francisco for a two-day rally at AT&T Park against "the virtue terrorism" of popular culture, and they were greeted by an official city condemnation and a clutch of protesters who said their event amounted to a "fascist mega-pep rally."

The name of that post is titled "The 'City of Tolerance' Hates Christian 'Fascists'.  San Francisco is about as intolerant of Christians as the Taliban's Afghanistan, with a few scattered pockets providing the exception. Manhattan's upper East Side isn't much more tolerant.

You explain how Christians will feel welcome in cities like that. "Be a Christian", someone will patronizingly tell you, "Just check those beliefs at the door." Explain how Christians feel welcome when Chuck Schumer talks about a Supreme Court's or appellate court's nominees' "deeply held personal beliefs." Or when Howard Dean says that Republicans want to start a "theocracy just like Iran's."

Are those the words that say "Welcome, Christian brothers and sisters. We value your opinions"? Or that say "We're so thankful for your thoughtfulness and caring for others, especially in Katrina's aftermath"?

I say to the Christians who aren't welcome in the Democratic Party "Come on over. We value your opinions. Join your voices with our's. Let's sit down and plot a solid, reasonable course for this great nation."

Cross-posted at California Conservative

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Posted Monday, April 17, 2006 8:44 PM

Comment 1 by liberalchristiandude at 24-May-06 11:06 AM

Read "The Beatitudes" and tell me what is "Conservative" about Christ's message.

George Bush and his people are not only embarrassing to me as an American, they disgust me as a Christian.

Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them saying:

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Comment 2 by Gary Gross at 24-May-06 02:55 PM

Read the Democratic Party's platform about abortion on demand, even for teenagers, no parental consent for minors living at home to have an abortion & homosexual marriage & tell me what's so Biblical or Christian about that.