For Clinton, a Daily Dose of Faith Along With Politics

[raging moderate]

2. Franklin Graham got Hillary Clinton defeated.

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He boasts about it. He runs The Samaritan's Purse, which does do some very good things. Many churches, including United Methodist Churches, work actively to support The Samaritan's Purse. Members go down to the main distribution center to help package the contributed items. They come back with glowing reports and increased loyalty to Franklin Graham. Unfortunately, he is very right-wing. And eager to win converts to his right-wing agenda. One of the things the Clinton campaign could have done would have been to show Hillary Clinton attending church. It would have been helpful to tell us where she attends church services most of the time, and where she is a member these days. I could have used that in the United Methodist Church I have been attending and which I just joined. I am afraid that Franklin Graham's cohorts swept the electorate in my church, but a more obviously United Methodist membership could have won many votes for Hillary Clinton in this area. And, as my fellow United Methodist member points out elsewhere in this thread, the United Methodist Church tradition discourages ostentatious, sanctimonious, and judgemental behavior. Really, guys, we don't think we are better than other people. Not even if we are prosperous. No Calvinism. Social justice is an old Methodist tradition.