HWJV

"How would Jesus vote?" Has anyone thought to ask the Christian Right that question? The, quote-unquote Moral Majority? [seriously, who names themselve the moral majority? if morals are a personal set of values, how can one group of people dare to assume they know what should be the right set of values for everyone? Im going to start a group called the Perfect Height Club] Anyways, it dawned on me that, a large chunk of people has decided to vote based on their moral values, which are predicated on their Christian beliefs. Let's analyze:

(1) The two key issues are their disdain for homosexuality and abortion. Ok, first of all, how can you hate both? Who has fewer abortions than gay people? They never have them! This seems like a perfect match to me.

(2) Their moral beliefs upon which they have predicated their voting pattern are rooted in the various Christian faiths which are, by definition, based on the teachings of JESUS. Read that again....based on the teachings of JESUS. You see, Christians follow the New Testament principally, which is a recount of the life of Jesus. A Christian's main goal is to live their own life as close to the way Jesus lived his. What is in the Old Testament makes for good stories, but it really isn't the key to the Christian faith. Now, based on this, why in the world would someone who believed in Jesus, and wanted to emulate him, ever have such hatred in their hearts? When Jesus was here, he hung out with the absolute dregs of society. The criminals, the alcoholics, the lepers, the prostitutes......basically, the liberals. He hated rich people. He turned over money tables, and demanded people give up their earthly possessions and seek peace in life by doing good things for other people. For crying out loud, this guy is the most liberal person in history. If he were here today he'd be smoking weed and taking up food collections for the homeless shelter. Not only would he vote for Kerry, shit, he'd probably vote for Nader! Yet a huge block of Americans who call themselves Christians went out and voted for the direct opposite of who they put their faith in. Almost as if to say, I love ya Jesus, but yer a little soft fer me. It boggles my mind, it really does. You could literally right a scholarly article on it.....hmmmmm....

(2a) As a side note to the paragraph above, another interesting thing. All of the talk about how God looks down on gay people, and all the things about sanctity of life and all the moral crap the right wing grasps on to, is found mainly in the Old Testament. Well, you know who believes in the Old Testament? Jews. They don't even read the New Testament. I know, I know, they have the Torah. But they basically believe in the Old Testament and that Jesus was a prophet, and the messiah is yet to arrive. Well, if that is the case, they should be even more hardcore, right? Well......it seems the exit polls showed Jews voted 75-25 in favor of Kerry. How can that be? These people should be allies with the right wing fanatics, right? Right?!?

Im not sure any of that made sense, but I think I essentially outlined my thesis, which is that people who voted for Bush solely on the matter of agreeing with his moral beliefs are fucking morons. Look, dont get me wrong, if you voted for him because he did a good job, or because you think he isa good man, or whatever, I respect you. Those are legitimate reasons. You are still wrong, but you aren't the raving loon that these other people are.

Save us Jebus....