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That's What They Do In Europe. You Go Down To The City Hall And You Become Legally Connected. You Have A Civil Union There. Then, If You're Religious, You Go Down To The Church, And The Church Blesses The Union. That Gets The Problem Solved.

One Of The Problems With Evangelicalism Is That It Has Allowed Itself To Be Married To The Republican Party... Jesus Is Not A Republican. Nor Is He A Democrat.

Jesus Refers To The Poor Over And Over Again. There Are 2,000 Verses Of Scripture That Call Upon Us To Respond To The Needs Of The Poor. And Yet, I Find That When Christians Talked About Values In This Last Election That Was Not On The Agenda, That Was Not A Concern. If You Were To Get The Voter Guide Of The Christian Coalition, That Does Not Rate. They Talk More About Tax Cuts For People Who Are Wealthy Than They Do About Helping Poor People Who Are In Desperate Straits.

Prior To Roe V. Wade, Abortions Were Common Even Though They Were Illegal. I Don't Think Making Them Illegal Again Is Going To Solve The Problem.

What We Need To Affirm Is That Jesus Is Neither A Democrat Nor A Republican. Whenever We Marry Jesus To A Political Party, We Are Committing The Sin Of Idolatry. We Are Making Jesus Into The Image Of Our Political Party.