Ehrenreich on “moral values” and the ‘Publicans
21 November 2004 by Ron Barbara Ehrenreich’s The Faith Factor (from The Nation) isn’t really anti-religion, but it’s worth a read anyway, as it’s a decent comment on religion and politics in the moment. A quick taste:
Of all the loathsome spectacles we’ve endured since November 2 — the vampire-like gloating of CNN commentator Robert Novak, Bush embracing his “mandate” — none are more repulsive than that of Democrats conceding the “moral values” edge to the party that brought us Abu Ghraib. The cries for Democrats to overcome their “out-of-touch-ness” and embrace the predominant faith all dodge the full horror of the situation: A criminal has been enabled to continue his bloody work with the help, in no small part, of self-identified Christians.
