From the Party of the Secularist Left

I caught this interestng story in Sunday’s Washington Times regarding the Sunday campaigning of political candidates. Michael Steele visited three Church in Prince St. George’s county with a philosophy against candidates campaigning:

“We don’t have political speeches at our church,” said the Rev. Henry P. Davis III.

Mr. Steele, a Catholic, later visited two other Prince George’s churches and one Montgomery County church. He said he agreed with Rev. Davis.

“I’ve never spoken a political word in a church at all, because it’s not appropriate,” he said.

Meanwhile in another Church:

At 9:30, Mr. Cardin, who is Jewish, sat in the front pew and listened to the Rev. Delman L. Coates preach an openly partisan speech to his congregation of about 1,500 at Mt. Ennon Baptist Church, in Clinton.

Mr. Coates preached that voting for Mr. Steele would be like voting to free the thief Barabbas instead of Jesus.

In the gospels, Pontius Pilate asks a Jewish crowd whether he should free Jesus Christ or Barabbas, and the crowd shouts for Barabbas to be freed, and for Jesus to be crucified.

Mr. Coates implied that black people who vote for Mr. Steele would be deceived just like the crowd that shouted to crucify Jesus. He said people who supported Barabbas could be called “Barablicans,” and people who were for Jesus could be called “Jesuscrats.”

“Can’t you just see the commercials that were designed to endear Barabbas to the crowd?” he said. “I can just see [Barablicans] well dressed, well groomed [and] holding a puppy.”

The reference to one of Mr. Steele’s TV ads, which have featured Mr. Steele holding a puppy, drew laughter from the congregation and prompted several worshipers to stand and applaud.

So a Democratic politician is declared to be the same as our Lord and Savior while the Republican is compared to a man the Bible calls a Seditionist and a Murderer. (Luke 23:18,19) Bet you anything that the ACLU and the Seperation of Church and State crowd don’t get involved in this.

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