Bush-Cheney Campaign Seeks PA Religious Volunteers

[DudeAsInCool]

WASHINGTON, June 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, The Interfaith Alliance denounced an initiative from the Bush-Cheney campaign seeking to enlist campaign support in 1600 "friendly congregations" in Pennsylvania

"If ever there were a question about the real intent of expanding faith-based initiatives and promoting a presence of religion in government, this tactic puts it to rest," Rabbi Moline said. The Bush-Cheney campaign has dropped any pretense of honoring the separation of church and state mandated by the Constitution, and puts in jeopardy the non-profit status of 1600 houses of worship by asking them to engage in partisan politics. The President should repudiate this initiative immediately. 1600 Pennsylvania churches for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. How clever. How reprehensible."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/u...ns_in_campaign1

[desdemona]

this is getting out of hand now, "Voters who say they go to church every week usually vote for Republicans. Those who go to church less often or not at all tend to vote Democratic" a quote from an article in USA Today

Posted 6/2/2004 10:38 PM Updated 6/3/2004 9:41 AM

Churchgoing closely tied to voting patterns

By Susan Page, USA TODAY

Where will you spend Sunday morning? Will you go to church or Home Depot? Sing in the choir or play golf? Answer that question and you've given the most reliable demographic clue about your vote on Election Day.

Voters who say they go to church every week usually vote for Republicans. Those who go to church less often or not at all tend to vote Democratic.

Forget the gender gap. The "religion gap" is bigger, more powerful and growing. The divide isn't between Catholics and Protestants, Jews and Gentiles. Instead, on one side are those of many faiths who go to services, well, religiously: Catholics who attend Mass without fail, evangelical Christians and mainline Protestants who show up for church rain or shine, some Orthodox Jews. On the other side are those who attend religious services only occasionally or never.

read the entire article here:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-0...igion-gap_x.htm

[slum_goddess]

The Bush-Cheney campaign has dropped any pretense of honoring the separation of church and state mandated by the Constitution,

unbelievable. anyone find an update to this yet? last night i read that when the above was brought to gwb's (i think it was him) attention, he backpedalled like mad (can't find the link now).