I have yet to find anything about helping the poor with other people's money recommended in the Bible.
Homosexuality is mentioned plenty of times in the Bible, so just saying 'gay marriage' isn't mentioned is dumb, plain and simple.
In the Bible, it lauds charity. It is against gay relationships.
So the government can enforce a ban on gay relationships, but not enforce mandated charity?
Exactly right, Alcon. The Old Testament is almost entirely devoted to cautionary examples of why idol worship is bad. I'm sure it is mentioned more times than charity. Is Dean going to ban idol worship? Of course Dean is a hypocrite; there is a long list of Biblically prescribed and prosribed policies that he wouldn't dream of considering: rules for slave ownership, laws for animal sacrifice, smiting unbelievers, stoning homosexuals to death, etc.
You could just as easily say the same about Republicans who quote the Bible to death. The fact of the matter is that the reason that the Republicans do so well with religious voters is because many Republicans talk about the Bible and Christian stuff a heck of a lot. I personally see nothing wrong with Dean simply doing the same thing. I would personally prefer it if
both sides just shut up about it and stopped bringing the Bible into politics, but that's obviously not going to happen, so referencing the Bible more often is, in my mind, a smart thing for Democrats to do.
