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Do you believe in a red state Jesus or a blue state Jesus?

Tom Gallagher  |  Nov. 5, 2012 NCR Today

CNN has an interesting graphic about how voters view Jesus [1].

Here's a presidential election prediction you can bet on.

Right after the winner is announced, somebody somewhere in America will fall on their knees and pray, "Thank you Jesus."

And somebody somewhere else will moan, "Help us Jesus."

But what Jesus will they be praying to: a red state Jesus or a blue state Jesus?

If elections are about choices, so is faith. And in Christianity, liberals and conservatives choose to see Jesus in different ways. Some liberals see Jesus as a champion of the poor who would support raising taxes on the wealthy, while some conservatives think Jesus would be more concerned with opposing abortion and same-sex marriage.


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Links:
[1] http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/02/politics/red-blue-state-jesus/index.html?hpt=hp_c4