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Okay, okay, okay...Byron's waited long enguoh. (By the way, Byron, you should change your log-in to blogger websites so that we can access directly from clicking your name on your comments!)Anyway...Yes, in that middle column there are leanings left and right, but I still maintain that they are in the "center." The "Left" column is filled with those who claim to follow Christ but define the Gospel primarily as social action--making the world a better place--without necessarily buying that Jesus is all that the "born-agains" claims he is. The "Right" column represents those who wrongly assume that the USA is some sort of new Israel and that as such, we must force Judeo-Christian values upon the nation as a whole--as witnessed by their insistance that we are "one nation under God," with the conotation that other nations are not under God like the USA is. They insist that we are a "Christian Nation," and we must get our nation back to some mythical time in the past when we were Christian (they show an utter ignorance of the founding of the nation).The middle column does not have that ignorance of American theocracy, but they share evangelical ideas about Jesus and his work of redemption for each person. But what they realize (correctly) is that the Gospel is more than saving souls from hell and getting them into heaven. They understand the concept of the Kingdom of God invading all aspects of human existence in the "here and now." So they insist that Christianity must be both a personal conversion experience that leads to personal piety AND a Kingdom-living experience that leads to social action.Sojourners is more than just "pro-life Democrats" as witnessed by during the last election. While it can be argued that the petition was a clear reaction against the Bush campaign, it can also be argued that the petition is biblical within an evangelical understanding of the gospel...in other words, the issues raised are worthy of evangelical discussion and can be believed by evangelicals who neither lean left nor right. (Notice the wide array of issues listed below--social justice, poverty, the environment, war and peace, integrity in politics, human rights, theology, and the sanctity of human life):God is Not a Republican. Or a Democrat.We believe that sincere Christians and other people of faith can choose to vote for President Bush or Senator Kerry - for reasons deeply rooted in their faith. We believe all candidates should be examined by measuring their policies against the complete range of Christian ethics and values. We will measure the candidates by whether they enhance human life, human dignity, and human rights; whether they strengthen family life and protect children; whether they promote racial reconciliation and support gender equality; whether they serve peace and social justice; and whether they advance the common good rather than only individual, national, and special interests.We are not single-issue voters.We believe that poverty - caring for the poor and vulnerable - is a religious issue. Do the candidates' budget and tax policies reward the rich or show compassion for poor families? Do their foreign policies include fair trade and debt cancellation for the poorest countries? (Matthew 25:35-40, Isaiah 10:1-2)We believe that the environment - caring for God's earth - is a religious issue. Do the candidates' policies protect the creation or serve corporate interests that damage it? (Genesis 2:15, Psalm 24:1)We believe that war - and our call to be peacemakers - is a religious issue. Do the candidates' policies pursue "wars of choice" or respect international law and cooperation in responding to real global threats? (Matthew 5:9)We believe that truth-telling is a religious issue. Do the candidates tell the truth in justifying war and in other foreign and domestic policies? (John 8:32)We believe that human rights - respecting the image of God in every person - is a religious issue. How do the candidates propose to change the attitudes and policies that led to the abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners? (Genesis 1:27)We believe that our response to terrorism is a religious issue. Do the candidates adopt the dangerous language of righteous empire in the war on terrorism and confuse the roles of God, church, and nation? Do the candidates see evil only in our enemies but never in our own policies? (Matthew 6:33, Proverbs 8:12-13 )We believe that a consistent ethic of human life is a religious issue. Do the candidates' positions on abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia, weapons of mass destruction, HIV/AIDS-and other pandemics-and genocide around the world obey the biblical injunction to choose life? (Deuteronomy 30:19)We also admonish both parties and candidates to avoid the exploitation of religion or our congregations for partisan political purposes.