This morning I caught part of an interview Ed Schultz was having with Reverend Jim Wallace of the Sojourners. The essence of the conversation concerned the moral decisions being made by politicians which will have significant impact on the lives of Americans.
What follows is the first paragraph of the open letter Rev. Wallace sent to Speaker Boehner which raises multiple questions regarding the morality of the budget recently approved by the House. The questions are polite but pointed and should (not that they will) prick the consciences of the “Christians:” in the House. For the full letter, see: http://blog.sojo.net
Sorry that the link doesn't work like it's supposed to; I've deleted and restarted this diary 8 times and still couldn't get the link to go to where I put. DK4 has a mind of its own sometimes.
This past Sunday, you gave a speech to the National Religious Broadcasters annual conference and said that cutting spending is the “moral” thing to do. Yesterday, 28 leaders from Christian denominations and organizations put a full page add in Politico which asked “What Would Jesus Cut?” and declared that “a budget is a moral document.” We said the moral test of a society is how it treats its poor and vulnerable people, but many of the cuts that came out of the House don’t pass that test. So what is the moral course here?
I’m guessing the letter will probably be read but will have no effect, but a least a portion of the religious community has weighed in on the subject.