A couple days ago I posted a diary about Bush's budget, and Ohio Governor Bob Taft's, and how immoral they were from a Christian perspective.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/7/11710/72627
Today, I heard from Chuck Currie that religious groups representing a number of different faith traditions have come together to speak out against the budget Bush has proposed.
A Faith Reflection on the Federal Budget
As communities of faith, we are grounded in a shared tradition of justice and compassion, and we are called upon to hold ourselves and our communities accountable to the moral standard of our Biblical tradition. We speak out now because we are concerned about our national priorities. The federal budget serves as a fundamental statement of who we are as a nation. The decisions we make about how we generate revenue and spend resources test our commitment to these values. Thus, we hold that the federal budget should be viewed and evaluated through a moral lens: does it uphold values that will strengthen our life together as a nation and as part of the global community?
I won't copy the whole thing here, but I highly recommend clicking the link, reading the whole thing, and spreading the word.
http://chuckcurrie.blogs.com/chuck_currie/2005/02/interfaith_grou.html
Anyone up to a letter to the editor? Check out the list of endorsing organizations below--might want to ask why our "Christian" president isn't listening to what they have to say about the immoral nature of his proposed budget.
These groups also ask that you send a message to Congress, reminding our elected representatives that a budget is a moral document, and that they should consider the effect this budget will have on our nation's poor before voting on it.