The Countdown is On
Political/personal: we've definitely come a long way from all of the Deaniacs (I even linked to all of the Dean sites from this blog). Another debate tonight--rooting for "our side" and against the "other side". Last week I was in a conversation with a fellow librarian, and we veered toward politics (the afternoon of the first presidential debate). He carefully asked "we're talking about the same guy, right?" I should have said something vague like, well, "I'm on the right side," just for fun, but was much more clear about my political leanings.
On the church-search end of things, the last few church sessions have included political comments from the pastors--nothing as extreme as actually endorsing a particular candidate. Among the many things: encouraging us to vote and to participate as citizens, to pray for our leaders and our military (without going into details about that). The most extreme comment was about gay marriage and secularizing holy institutions. This comment did not lead into a more detailed discussion, but simply pointed to the dominant culture's tendency towards secularization and what that means for someone trying to stay close to God and the word. To say the least, these moments are those uncomfortable moments for the new church-goer, especially as an over-educated liberal. These comments and the presence of many W/Bush/Cheney bumper stickers in the parking lot are a bit unsettling. These are also moments of confrontation and squirming, and learning about who this God is. So, I started searching for tonic, and found Christians for Kerry/Edwards. Now if I could only find these folks in our area, maybe I could ask them where they go to church.
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You might have to go hang with the Quakers. Or maybe the (gasp!) Unitarians.
My (parish) church has been blessedly free of anti-gay marriage preaching thus far. I keep practicing my 'if the state can't have gay marriage, it shouldn't have straight marriage either' speech, but I haven't had to dust it off yet.
Now if I could just get them to preech that there's no such thing as a just war...
On Wednesday night, Kerry cooked Bush's bacon and sent him home with a dirty pan. The cowboy from the Lazy W ranch just can't shoot straight.
He answered a question about lost American jobs by talking about community college. When the moderator tried to pursue the question of lost American jobs, Bush changed the subject yet again--this time to tax cuts.
He answered a question about the future of Social Security by talking about tax cuts again.
He answered a question about the minimum wage by talking about No Child Left Behind.
He flat out refused to answer a question about whether he wants to overturn Roe v. Wade.
He answered a question about Affirmative Action by talking about Pell Grants.
He thinks in non sequiturs. No wonder he invaded the wrong country after we were attacked by terrorists. Maybe once the voters send him packing on November 2, he can take an Introductory Logic course at a community college near Crawford, Texas. Maybe they can train him for one of those jobs of the 21st century that he kept talking about.
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