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Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Bush campaign politicizes Ash Wednesday 

Yep, the RNC is bringing out the big guns. According to Reuters Lady aWol:

says she would like to see Mel Gibson's controversial film about the final hours of Jesus Christ, which Jewish leaders have condemned as an anti-Semitic portrayal of the crucifixion story.

"I think it sounds very interesting and I'd like to see it," the first lady told reporters while visiting a high school in Bentonville, Arkansas. She had been asked if she planned to see the film.

The film opens next week on Ash Wednesday. But it has already stirred widespread interest among U.S. evangelical Christians, a group with billions of dollars in spending power and tens of millions of votes.

Can anything be more vile and disgusting than the way the Republicans prostitute their faith during campaign season?

The hypocrites and Pharisees of the Republican Party are exactly the sorts of people Jesus warned us against, saying:

[2] Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
[3] But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
[4] That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
[5] And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
[6] But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. (Mathew 6)

You know all those John 3:16 T-shirts you see? Democrats should start wearing ones with Mathew 6:2-6.

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