Sunday, May 19, 2019

Warning: Two Political Posts

https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article230483449.html

    Sen. Graham was once in the Gang of 14, Republican and Democratic senators who strove to find the middle ground and work across party lines.

     And then President Trump took office. And Senator Graham turned on his late friend Sen. John McCain and so much more....


https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/05/13/dear-mike-pence-real-persecution-christians-isnt-here-america/?utm_term=.0e48232a1e08

   The Christian Right has always claimed that they were persecuted whenever they did not get their way or when someone disagreed with them. As a Lutheran pastor, I took some heat form time to time because I would not go along with their agenda.

   But they have no idea what actual persecution is, and they do not say mach abut actually doing something about it.

   Vice-President Pence his loyal to his President, excessively loyal. All well and good, but he should not drag religion into it.


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