Declare Your Political Independence
We're tired of the Far Right hijacking Christian faith and images. Sign the petition and make this your own political independence day.
We are tired of the misrepresentation and misuse of religion and faith in our nation’s politics and public debate.
Today, we declare our political independence as progressive Christians.
We will expose the hypocrisy of politicians who wrap themselves in the cloak of Christianity while advocating for policies that hurt, divide and impoverish millions of Americans.
Today, we declare our political independence as progressive Christians.
We will expose the hypocrisy of politicians who wrap themselves in the cloak of Christianity while advocating for policies that hurt, divide and impoverish millions of Americans.
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| Number | Date | Name | Location | What bothers you most about ... |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1145 | Sat Mar 30 17:35:09 EDT 2013 | Darlene Fields | Safford, AZ | That they are promoting fear and terror among people who do not have any idea of what real Christiam values are, those values promoted by Christ himself. Why would someone who is tired, poor, sick, hungry, More.... |
| 1144 | Mon Feb 25 21:00:36 EST 2013 | Claudia Beljean | Verona, NJ | |
| 1143 | Fri Feb 22 22:39:24 EST 2013 | Toni Priore | Diamond Bar, CA | |
| 1142 | Thu Feb 21 00:04:33 EST 2013 | Joe Reilly | ||
| 1141 | Wed Feb 20 23:38:54 EST 2013 | Lydia Mcdermott | memphis, TN | Amen |
| 1140 | Wed Feb 20 14:08:15 EST 2013 | casey compton | Rogers, AR | The hypocrisy. Their belief that they own Christianity and only their brand is right. Their hatred is very un-Christian. |
| 1139 | Fri Jan 04 16:13:54 EST 2013 | Trey Elmore | NC | |
| 1138 | Fri Nov 16 15:20:58 EST 2012 | Lisa Cammack | I'm tired of hearing more about politics than Christ. I've been told who to vote for and what my opinions must be in order to be considered a "born-again Christian" by other Christians. My final authority More.... | |
| 1137 | Fri Nov 16 14:40:20 EST 2012 | Lisa Smith | Lakewood, OH | Where do I begin...I hate the fear mongering that goes on, the appealing to the basest emotions, on the part of the right to take Christian voters into their fold. I hate their promotion of bigotry and More.... |
| 1136 | Fri Nov 16 13:44:41 EST 2012 | William Stark | CA | |
| 1135 | Mon Oct 01 19:12:38 EDT 2012 | Robert Montes | El Paso, TX | The demonization of gays, the poor, immigrants, and people of other religions. |
| 1134 | Sat Sep 29 09:13:34 EDT 2012 | Marlene Lund | San Ramon, CA | I am so tired of being told that America is a Christian nation, and then being told what kind of Christian true Americans should be. The church has prostituted itself by aligning with right-wing political More.... |
| 1133 | Sat Sep 29 09:06:18 EDT 2012 | Amy Cook | MO | America is a democracy, NOT a theocracy. To eliminate the thoughts, needs and concerns of a large group of people, simply because they do not share the same religious beliefs as you is not only un-American; More.... |
| 1132 | Sun Sep 16 20:11:32 EDT 2012 | Anonymous | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | Too much lies, and hatred. |
| 1131 | Thu Sep 13 16:16:46 EDT 2012 | Rachel Butler | NC | The vitriolic rhetoric that gets spewed in the name of religion, any religion. to justify hate, bigotry. violence, aggression and greed. This is not how I understand religion, or faith, worship or community. More.... |
| 1130 | Thu Sep 13 14:36:19 EDT 2012 | Margherite Williams | Dothan, AL | The almost constant spewing of blasphemy - claiming to know the mind of God in every instance where they can profit or maintain their hold on profits obtained through their own greed. |
| 1129 | Sat Sep 08 07:58:40 EDT 2012 | Dana Pille | Corpus Christi, TX | Groups like the Westboro baptist, who are teaching their children to hate, and who protest at funerals, and claim to be doing God's work. As a hate group they should have their charity status revoked. More.... |
| 1128 | Fri Sep 07 00:04:42 EDT 2012 | Danny Tejada | RIDGEWOOD, NY | 270 -->269I'm taking back my God who's loving to all! http://www.aboutthepeople.us/ Watch my progressive sermon! http://politicalstateofmind.wordpress.com/ I also suggest you check out this book: http://www.amazon.com/Whose-Gospel-Progressive-Protestantism-Religion/dp/1595583971 |
| 1127 | Mon Sep 03 16:54:19 EDT 2012 | David Martin | Austin, TX | Their policies and politics insight violence against fellow citizens in the name of Jesus. |
| 1126 | Thu Aug 30 10:13:19 EDT 2012 | Anonymous | Port Orange, FL | Promoting and legislating discrimination in the name of God and Biblical principals. |
| 1125 | Wed Aug 29 21:41:27 EDT 2012 | Dierdre Wendel | Aubrey, TX | excusing their hatred & bigotry by saying being "Christian" says so; blaming Jesus for the way they behave & then saying "but we don't judge" anyone, it's just what we believe; & making the rest of us More.... |
| 1124 | Wed Aug 29 20:45:49 EDT 2012 | Clark Collier | Madison, IN | |
| 1123 | Tue Aug 28 19:25:49 EDT 2012 | Anonymous | peculiar, MO | They promote hate not love ... If I didn't already know Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour, they would scare me away and I would have never come to know him. They forget the greatest commandments as told More.... |
| 1122 | Sat Aug 25 15:56:24 EDT 2012 | Scott Chamberlain | Altadena, CA | How the Christian faith community tends to pick certain scriptures and forget other scriptures that show the Heart of God and His love for humanity, especially for the poor and broken in our world. |
| 1121 | Sat Aug 25 04:07:43 EDT 2012 | Carolyn Moore | Butte, MT | I can't believe how mean and ignorant and narrow-minded and racistand sexist and...I don't get it-how can you say you are a Christian and say what they have and even think that God would bless such ignorance? More.... |