Monday, January 03, 2005
Who Owns America's Moral Values?
On November 3rd, the day after 2004's Presidential Election, the national media trumpeted the "triumph" of moral values in the election. It did not take long before this myth was exploded. Fraught as they are with inaccuracies, the polls showed no such thing. With the questions varying so widely, it is impossible to say that Morals triumphed at the polls. The Christian Right would like you to believe that they now have a mandate and they will, along with the neo-Con puppet masters, keep trumpeting this fallacy in order to drive their agenda down the throats of the other 50% of the country that did not vote for the imposters in the White House. The following article, is a fine articulation of who really owns the values party moniker.
We democrats have been the arbiter of values that Americans are most closely aligned with, while the Republican party has jumped headlong into the bog of deceipt and corruption that has long been associated with the corporate elite that have run the party for decades. We must reclaim the mantle of truth. We must fight and expose the corruptive nature of the party in power. We must fight to save the democracy.
Published on Sunday, January 2, 2005 by the Denver Post
Who Owns America's Moral Values?
by Jennifer Wheary
As we come to the end of what will surely be known as a banner year for "moral values," it seems only appropriate to reflect on the place of religion in American politics and daily practice.
Much post-election punditry equated Christian beliefs with moral values and suggested that Christians were the most unified and potent force in politics in 2004. This oversimplifies America's relationship with religion. It gives a false impression that a monolithic interpretation of Christianity exists among us and that religious devoutness equals red, and red (never blue) equals morally right.
Oversimplification of American religious belief and practice is a brilliant political strategy. It polarizes our society and mobilizes extreme positions at either end of the political spectrum. While two opposing, irreconcilable viewpoints duke it out, real issues go unaddressed. Read The Full Story at Common Dreams.
We democrats have been the arbiter of values that Americans are most closely aligned with, while the Republican party has jumped headlong into the bog of deceipt and corruption that has long been associated with the corporate elite that have run the party for decades. We must reclaim the mantle of truth. We must fight and expose the corruptive nature of the party in power. We must fight to save the democracy.
Published on Sunday, January 2, 2005 by the Denver Post
Who Owns America's Moral Values?
by Jennifer Wheary
As we come to the end of what will surely be known as a banner year for "moral values," it seems only appropriate to reflect on the place of religion in American politics and daily practice.
Much post-election punditry equated Christian beliefs with moral values and suggested that Christians were the most unified and potent force in politics in 2004. This oversimplifies America's relationship with religion. It gives a false impression that a monolithic interpretation of Christianity exists among us and that religious devoutness equals red, and red (never blue) equals morally right.
Oversimplification of American religious belief and practice is a brilliant political strategy. It polarizes our society and mobilizes extreme positions at either end of the political spectrum. While two opposing, irreconcilable viewpoints duke it out, real issues go unaddressed. Read The Full Story at Common Dreams.
