Comments on: Obama’s Plan For Faith Based Initiatives http://donklephant.com/2008/07/01/obamas-plan-for-faith-based-initiatives/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:07:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mike mcEachran http://donklephant.com/2008/07/01/obamas-plan-for-faith-based-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-410900 mike mcEachran Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:20:08 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=6186#comment-410900 Thank goodness Obama is wresting away the rigt-wings lock on "morality" and "faith". See? Liberals have faith, too. Jesus was the greatest liberal of all time. This is more than just a political brilliance on Obama's part. I truly believe this is sincere - and that's what makes it brilliant. Thank goodness Obama is wresting away the rigt-wings lock on “morality” and “faith”. See? Liberals have faith, too. Jesus was the greatest liberal of all time. This is more than just a political brilliance on Obama’s part. I truly believe this is sincere – and that’s what makes it brilliant.

]]> By: Transpartisan Babe http://donklephant.com/2008/07/01/obamas-plan-for-faith-based-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-410871 Transpartisan Babe Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:48:37 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=6186#comment-410871 In the realm of serving the poor, the faithful have always been on the front line. While I'm not personally a Christian, I'm not opposed to funding ALL faiths in their work to eradicate poverty as long as religiosity is not a basis for receiving the service. We actually need more than the faith community to take an active role in caring for the poor and homeless. We need an understanding that the problem may not be solvable but it is manageable. And we haven't managed it very well in my own community. What we need is for people to care enough to act..and to care they have to believe they can make a difference. Right now, the situation feels hopeless. This is where the faithful come in...to infuse hope and faith where none currently exists. THEN, others can catch the hope and that would really be something. As Polimom said, this is brilliant. In the realm of serving the poor, the faithful have always been on the front line. While I’m not personally a Christian, I’m not opposed to funding ALL faiths in their work to eradicate poverty as long as religiosity is not a basis for receiving the service.

We actually need more than the faith community to take an active role in caring for the poor and homeless. We need an understanding that the problem may not be solvable but it is manageable. And we haven’t managed it very well in my own community. What we need is for people to care enough to act..and to care they have to believe they can make a difference. Right now, the situation feels hopeless. This is where the faithful come in…to infuse hope and faith where none currently exists.

THEN, others can catch the hope and that would really be something. As Polimom said, this is brilliant.

]]> By: Polimom http://donklephant.com/2008/07/01/obamas-plan-for-faith-based-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-410850 Polimom Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:58:09 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=6186#comment-410850 Speaking from a purely political perspective, this is brilliant. Speaking from a purely political perspective, this is brilliant.

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