Thursday, April 07, 2005
Something I Just Cannot Get My Head Around
Saw this USA Today Headline across an airport terminal yesterday:
I am thinking hard about this because I want to write something for this symposium. Your input would be helpful.
GOP's moral agenda doubtedDidn't get to read the actual story until reached the hotel, it's not as bad as I thought, but still:
By more than 2-to-1, 39%-18%, Americans say the "religious right" has too much influence in the Bush administration. That's a change from when the question was asked in CBS News/New York Times polls taken from 2001 to 2003. Then, approximately equal numbers said conservative Christians had too much and too little influence.Would someone PLEASE explain to me why doing something good, whether it's trying to save the life of a handicapped woman, or freeing millions of oppressed people, or responding to a natural disaster, or...is automatically suspect if done from religious motives?
I am thinking hard about this because I want to write something for this symposium. Your input would be helpful.
