Policy, not prayer

A quick hat tip to Adele Stan at Tapped. Commenting on today's New York Times story about Ohio Governor and US Senate candidates Ted Strickland and Sherrod Brown, Adele Stan says that Ted Strickland gets it:

At a speech this month at a Lutheran college here, Mr. Strickland
put a liberal twist on the common conservative Christian theme about
secular forces trying to squeeze religion from the public square.

“There are those in Columbus and elsewhere who argue that the
biblical mandates to love your neighbor and to work for justice are
meant only for individuals and have no application to the political
sphere,” Mr. Strickland said. “They dismiss the Democrats and those
religious leaders who claim that our faith requires us to insist that
governments and government leaders — not just private citizens — seek
justice, love, mercy, and humbly work to help the least, the last and
the lost in our society.”

Here's the real stuff. I don't want to know how often you go to church
or how often you pray. I want to know how your faith informs your
political philosophy. And Strickland's appeal for inclusion and justice
is a tough one to argue against.

I agree 100%.

Commenting on today's New York Times story about Ohio Governor and US Senate candidates Ted Strickland and Sherrod Brown, Adele Stan says that Ted Strickland gets it:

At a speech this month at a Lutheran college here, Mr. Strickland
put a liberal twist on the common conservative Christian theme about
secular forces trying to squeeze religion from the public square.

“There are those in Columbus and elsewhere who argue that the
biblical mandates to love your neighbor and to work for justice are
meant only for individuals and have no application to the political
sphere,” Mr. Strickland said. “They dismiss the Democrats and those
religious leaders who claim that our faith requires us to insist that
governments and government leaders — not just private citizens — seek
justice, love, mercy, and humbly work to help the least, the last and
the lost in our society.”

Here's the real stuff. I don't want to know how often you go to church
or how often you pray. I want to know how your faith informs your
political philosophy. And Strickland's appeal for inclusion and justice
is a tough one to argue against.

I agree 100%.