It's in the P-I

Today's Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a curiously brief "news brief".

Also in the P-I, syndicated columnist Helen Thomas says:

Let's keep religion out of the presidential election campaign. Or is it too late?

Of course she's referring only to the political use of religion that benefits Bush. When will Helen Thomas and the P-I criticize this:

"As people of faith, we consider it part of our religious duty to participate in public processes,"

The theocrat who uttered the above is:

Rev. Leslie Braxton, senior pastor at Seattle's Mount Zion Baptist Church, which is participating in a multicity campaign called "Let Justice Roll: Faith and Community Voices Against Poverty."

The local effort is part of a broader campaign, sponsored by the National Council of Churches USA and the Center for Community Change, that aims to draw public attention to poverty issues and to register voters

When will Helen Thomas and the P-I criticize this use of religion to advance a political agenda? I can only wonder.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at June 25, 2004 10:30 AM