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Columnist Andrew Sullivan, in his Essay "My Problem with Christianism" [May 15], drew a distinction between Christianity and faith-based conservatism and expressed what many of us in the mainline denominations have been thinking. Although I hate to admit it, there have been occasions when I have been embarrassed to tell others I am a minister because of the association that often gets made between people of faith and a particular political or social ideology. It is past time for those of us who believe in the all-inclusive love of God as found in Jesus to speak out against...
...When Christianity and politics are mixed, both are corrupted. How is it that today's politicians have ignored the profound wisdom of the Founding Fathers and injected religion into their politics? As a Christian and a Republican, my faith informs my politics, but I do not use my faith as a political weapon. It's about time that Republicans study their history and remember the words of Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican President. In the midst of the Civil War, he humbly refused to claim God as a partisan for his political cause, saying, "Sir, my concern is not whether...
...mystified by the ability of liberal Christians to unself-consciously redefine Christianity at will. Sullivan asked how we can know what an "ultimately unknowable" God wants of us. Well, we know that through Scripture, and that is what ultimately defines Christianity. Sullivan is free to hold whatever beliefs he likes, but he shouldn't call himself a Christian unless he believes the tenets that define Christianity in the first place...
...state. The President has on occasion insisted that our battle with terrorism is not with those of the Muslim faith. But his rhetoric linking his political positions to his religious faith does little to reassure those around the globe that the present Administration is not striving to achieve a Christian theocracy. Never in U.S. history has it been so important for Americans to examine the relationship among religion, faith and government...
...obviously can’t say that being an openly gay Christian will be easy for those whose faith prohibits them from acknowledging their sexuality. But I do know that there are openly gay Christians, such as Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church Peter J. Gomes, and that same-sex marriage ceremonies are performed by Unitarian Universalist churches, some Quaker congregations, and by the Metropolitan Community Church. For gay Jews, some Reform and Reconstructionist Jewish synagogues perform same-sex marriages...