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...Monday, it seemed possible that Lieberman hadn't read his mail. "Isn't Medicare coverage of prescription drugs really about the values of the Fifth Commandment - honor your father and mother?" he asked 200 religious leaders at a Chicago prayer breakfast...
...drew a line during the primaries for Bush and Gore," said ADL national director Abe Foxman, who penned another warning to Joe Lieberman Monday after the Democrat's weekend speech at a Detroit church. "And we now think Senator Lieberman crossed...
...This is what they're complaining about: "As a people, we need to reaffirm our faith and renew the dedication of our nation and ourselves to God and God's purpose," said Lieberman during services. "There must be a place for faith in America's public life...
...concerns are partly practical. As excited as they are to see the first Jew on a national ticket, they worry that Lieberman will arouse religious fears - and hatred of Jews - and thus be a sort of slash-and-burn pioneer, leaving a poisoned atmosphere for those who follow him. They're also partly principle. With the church-and-state crowd often dismissed these days along with cultural liberals as anti-morality and anti-family, the ADL (with its practiced eye for demagogy) may be trying to fill the void...
...religious right, tends these days to limit his Bible-thumping to the use of faith-based organizations to do some of the government's work for it. It's a fine line that has mostly kept him out of trouble. The high quotient of religion in Lieberman's stump act, meanwhile, has civil libertarians worrying about separation and Christian conservatives wondering if Lieberman, as a Jew, is getting a free ride where Baptists fear to tread...