Christians Voting with the Rich

Mark McEntire looks at the election numbers:

--Persons who say they attend church more than weekly: Bush 64 percent, Kerry 35 percent.
--Persons whose annual income is greater than $200,000: Bush 64 percent, Kerry 35 percent.
--Persons whose annual income is less than $15,000: Bush 36 percent, Kerry 63 percent.
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These numbers are so stunning that it takes a moment to recognize what they are saying. It is apparent that there has been a major shift in the identity of the church, and it is difficult to imagine a more searing indictment of Christianity in America.

Comments

[dlw]

the real problem is the relative light habits of political deliberation that evangelicals have and how we've failed to be sufficiently counter-cultural against the prevalent hyper-consumerism in the US. All of that makes us less likely to vote in a way that goes against their perceived self-interest.

dlw

[The Atheist]

I particularly liked this example of how restricting civil liberties and encouraging a less forgiving, more conservative society, actually causes what fundamentalists want to prevent:

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After eight years of steady decline under the presidency of Bill Clinton, the number of abortions began to rise again under the leadership of George W. Bush. Despite attempts to cover up these embarrassing facts, this issue has lost value for the Christian right-wing, political ideology and is being replaced by others.
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OOPS! Turns out those godless, communist, liberals have the right idea on how to minimize abortions, without making anything illegial for moral reasons that are open to interpretation. Guess we`d better go after them queers extra hard!

[Marijn Schrijver]

also as a christian I prefer the following numbers over these: http://www.b2.is/?sida=tengill&id=78276

[The Atheist]

That is just too good.