The most stunning result of Tuesday’s election was the tremendous role of "moral values." This so-called morality seems to consist of intolerance for gays, federal funding of religious schools, opposition to abortion, an obsession with others’ sexuality, and a new crusade in the Islamic world.
My moral values are a little different: equal education for all, tolerance of gays, reproductive freedom, and restraint in war. What am I, some kind of crazy secular humanist? No! I’m a Lutheran. The son of a minister, I was raised in a religious household where Sunday services were not optional. But I was taught that Jesus stood for peace, love and compassion, and my political views are informed by these beliefs.
The "Christianity" that seems to have motivated half of this country to the polls is unrecognizable to this Christian.
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