When Politics Seduces Faith Melissa Rogers October 18, 2006 Melissa Rogers is an attorney who currently serves as visiting professor of religion and public policy at Wake Forest University Divinity School. Some Christians are pretty ticked off at former White House official David Kuo right now for what he has written in his new book, Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction . If his book causes more Christians to reevaluate the hard-wiring of faith into partisan politics, however, it will have done a great service to the Gospel. In his book, Kuo documents the three years he worked for President George W. Bush (2001-2003) in the White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives. One of the book’s themes is that the White House repeatedly and quite intentionally manipulated faith for partisan political gain. This certainly isn’t the first time such a charge has been leveled, but the fact that an insider does so buttresses those charges and provides previously unreported details. It also may give the charges a hearing with entirely new audiences. For the whole sordid story, click on to http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/10/18/when_politics_seduces_faith.php We KNEW that the politicos were using and manipulating the Christian groups but it is good to get proof from an insider. The Christian Right, et al, can deliver a million or more votes and they contribute millions to various political funds including campaign war chests of favored politicians. In return, the groups are granted all sorts of favors and perks, the prestige of being "in" at the White House, having laws passed that reflect their religious beliefs, and in line for huge sums of taxpayer money given/to be given to the churches as more of Bush's "faith-based initiatives" are effected. WA ********************************************************************** But is there a rift in the unity of Christian Right and Government? Are some of them wising up to what is being done to the country and how they have been used and deceived? WA Christians Counter Climate Change By Vince Beiser Dozens of evangelical Christian leaders, breaking ranks with the Bush administration, launch faith-based campaign against global warming. "We have seen and heard enough," one says. http://ga3.org/ct/0dNVqeF1Mzhj/