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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Sandy Rios :: Townhall.com Columnist
This Time the Religious Right is Right
by Sandy Rios
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This passage would probably be Exhibit A of why Obama thinks to base policymaking on such “uncompromising commitments” would be “a dangerous thing.” How would one face homosexual activists with such unflinching certainty?

“For Obama, faith is not simply political garb, something a focus group told him he ought to try. Instead, religion to him is transforming, lifelong, and real,” declared Mansfield. The exception, apparently, is when that faith interferes with the reigning public policy orthodoxy on abortion and homosexual rights.

There are other moral reasons to support Obama, argues Douglas Kmiec. Feeding the poor is one of them. “He intends to ask government and non-governmental entities—and you and me—to do our part.” But what Professor Kmiec may not know is that Obama really hasn’t been doing his part. According to Obama’s released tax returns, from 2001-2004 he gave less than one percent of his income to charity.

“He’s dragging biblical understanding through the gutter,” Dobson declared passionately. And he’s right.

With great bravado and eloquent phrasing, Obama twists and turns every phrase so effectively that while championing a radical moral agenda, he feigns strong Christian faith. While boasting concern for the poor, with his own wealth he looks the other way.

A man of deep Christian faith? Not by the definition of the Jesus he claims to serve and the Bible he quotes so frequently.

Thank God for Dr. Dobson’s boldness on this one. This time the “Religious Right” is right!

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Sandy Rios is a Fox News contributor and host of the "Sandy Rios Show", heard weekdays from 3 to 5PM on WYLL AM1160 in Chicago.
 
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Obama says he is a Christian. I certainly will not accuse him of not being a Christian. However, according to his own words, he will not let his Christian faith be the deciding factor when he is making policy or casting votes. He will do the will of the people. I thought a Christian was supposed to put God's will before all others at all times. Christians believe that we will be held accountable to God. I've never read anywhere in scripture that He will accept us doing the will of the people(or whatever is popular) over doing His will.

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The reference Jesus makes about the difficulty for a rich man to get to heaven has nothing to do with the fact he is wealthy, but everything to do with his love of wealth. If he loves his money more than his God, he will not get to heaven. Jesus said this to "the rich young man," who could not bear to part with his wealth in order to follow Jesus. The giving up of his wealth was not the point; it was his need to have it.

Perhaps if you understood in context what all the Biblical quotes really are saying that are used in accusatory ways by those who wish to portray conservatives as mean, stingy people, you'd realize that none of them are applicable.

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