A bit late to make much of a difference in people's voting, but Anne Morse of Prison Fellowship (most CT readers will recognize her as the coauthor of Charles Colson's columns) offers reasons why evangelicals concerned about social justice should be rooting for McCain tonight, not Obama. It's not quite clear why she thinks only "liberal evangelicals" care about social justice (I know a lot of very conservative evangelicals who care about poverty and AIDS), but here's her argument:
Liberal evangelicals who think McCain is against social justice need to look at his website more thoroughly and consider that certain topics they might have ignored are actually very relevant to social justice. For instance, he's in favor of funding scholarships, charter schools, and tutoring for poor students stuck in bad public schools.
Social justice, anyone? ...
To put it another way: John McCain is fighting global poverty and has a strong record of promoting justice on an international scale.
Posted by Ted Olsen on November 4, 2008 5:21PM
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I'm sure folks perception of concern for social justice issues differs greatly. I'm not sure I know any very conservative Evangelicals who REALLY care about social justice with their actions and not just theoretically.
Posted by: Burns at November 4, 2008
Wow, I am concerned that anyone would label a follower of Jesus Christ as unconcerned with social justice. Perhaps we are looking at it from the bottom up instead of from God's birdseye view. We need to look at the whole picture. We have been so influenced by media and socialism that expecting someone to work hard in school and on the job is not caring. As a former femi-nazi, before I met the conservative Christ, I thought that all right-wing conservatives were against people. I was indoctrinated with that idea. Then I really met Christ. Now I know that all my efforts to win souls over working in the soup kitchen is God's justice. Remember. if you let the prophet from God eat your last meal, your miracle may be an endless supply. I am a conservative evangelical and glad that I know that God is the supplier of all our needs and bigger than any of our puny attempts at social justice.
Posted by: Debbie Aston at November 4, 2008
If I might jump in here, I think Anne was trying to deal with the stereotype (illustrated here by Burns) that social justice is something only liberals care about, by showing how important it is to those on the other side of the aisle.
Posted by: Gina at November 10, 2008
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