I can not understand claiming to be Christian and still voting for the current Republican agenda. But she says it far better than I could.
Our government is far from perfect, but it is still, in my mind, the
greatest example of the good that be done via a democratic government
of, by, and for the people. As Christians, we have an obligation to care
for all of God’s people—even when it doesn’t seem quite fair; even when
poverty results from a toxic and convoluted mix of a sinful communal
history, bad or nonexistent policies, and poor personal decisions; even
when our initial efforts to fix a problem as big as our nation’s
healthcare inequalities might be clumsy and in need of fine-tuning.
To
put it simply, I am a Democrat because the Democratic Party is doing
more than the Republican Party to care for the “least of these,” however
imperfectly. And Jesus made it absolutely clear that caring for the
least of these is central to our identity as his followers.
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