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...country, those percentages were basically reversed. In the South and West, for example, 17% thought Lieberman's religion would make people less likely to vote for him and Gore. And in another question, 49% of Christian conservatives said they were "very concerned" that Lieberman "does not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God," which casts some doubt on recent speculation that Lieberman's staunch morality might win him a following on the religious right. Taken together, the poll results serve as a cold reminder that Gore really did take a risk...
...would have cost Gore among undecided voters in the Bible Belt, but that's not necessarily the case. These are End Times, after all, and Christian prophesies that accord a major role to the Jews in the apocalyptic buildup that they believe will precede the Second Coming of Christ have prompted an unprecedented enthusiasm for Israel and Jews among many conservative evangelical Christians. That's hardly going to carry the South for Gore, but projecting the morally conservative image hinted at in Lieberman's announcement may be designed for swing states...
Your report discussed whether gays should be ordained and the recognition of same-sex unions [RELIGION, July 3]. The issue of the full participation of gays in the church rests in the interpretation of Scripture. Many of us believe that Jesus Christ is the axis around which the whole Bible should be interpreted. Not everyone agrees. But 150 years ago, many church members believed that the Bible allowed or supported slavery. Today almost no one holds that position. The axis shifted. And on the homosexual issue, the axis is also shifting. JOHN REAGAN Southern Pines...
...income families or subpar schools. "If it were for just one type of person, it would mean more bureaucracy," he says. Draper's polls show that an across-the-board voucher has more chance of passage. Indeed, Bishop Charles Blake, of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ, where Draper met with pastors, endorses the measure, which would be a boon to his 230-pupil Christian academy. But the Rev. Cecil Murray of the First African Methodist Church, fears "it would siphon off people of privilege [from public schools] and subsidize that siphoning." Families of the more than...
...stayed quiet when he killed his first man and didn't give him a chance to confess and get right with God, and Cain felt him go to hell, felt it in his hand surer than anything he'd ever known, and it made him commit his life to Christ. "My wife, she doesn't like that she's married a killer," he says. "This is probably going to end my marriage...