Politics & Government

Tea Party Members: Are they Good Christians?

Reader asks, "Is that what Jesus would do?"

This past week a letter to the editor from a Tea Party member who wants us to believe that a seventy year old man who shoved a bottle down a protestors throat at a Republican Rally was staged. The photo did not show that.
 
Tea Party:

  • White at least 55 years old
  • Ultra Conservative
  • Evangelical Christian
  • Fairly wealthy

Per an interview with a Tea Party person last year in the state of Indiana and what they stand for:

  • Against all religions except Christian
  • Against all labor unions
  • Against gays and lesbians
  • Against all government social programs (for women-children-elderly)
  • Against Planned Parenthood
  • Against having their members in Congress doing any kind of reaching out to work with Democrats

Repulican members of House (Tea Party) voted last week to cut $16 billion from the food stamp program. That would eliminate benefits for at least 2 million people and cut more than 200,000 kids from the free-lunch program. It would not cut farm subsidies.
 
By all of the above they claim to be good Christians is that what Jesus would do?
 
Dan LaVigne
Avon Lake

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