Liberal Christian

And yes, I am a liberal Christian.

Which may sound incongruous, but it is only incongruous because of how our current culture has divided this country, and made Jesus Christ synonymous with hatemongers and trash throwers.

This country needs to shake off this insipidly infantile culture in which everything is either black or white, right or wrong, day or night, Right or Left.

Things are never that simple.

But I'll try to make them simple:

As a Liberal Christian, I believe that government should be there to help people. Yup, that's right - Health Care, baby: Socialized Medicine. There, I said it.

I also believe that you should pay your taxes. Many people in America don't believe they should pay their taxes. Ergo, they don't want a government. (They just want the government to kill foreigners, either on our soil or theirs).

I also don't believe in same-sex marriage. (Sorry! I know that's unpopular, but it's true)
Actually, I feel that same-sex marriage is simply trying to obtain the tax breaks that married couples enjoy. Those tax breaks were only put in place by a government that saw that marriage was in decline, and they did that to keep marriage from declining (they thought it would save the moral fabric of the country); however, that is disengenuous, in that if people get married for the cultural and social advantages, then they are not truly becoming a unified body. Therefore, I say we do away with marriage as a civil right, get rid of any tax benefit for married couples, and let marriage be a matter of the church, to be recognized by the government, but not supported by an extra 2 grand back on April 15th. The government will provide a civil contract for all couples, straight or gay, who just want to use it to divide their stuff when one dies.

No one will be happy with this proposal, but then, no one's happy now.

I also believe that corporations should be taxed - heavily.

I also believe that we should keep our national parks out of the hands of the oil companies.

I also believe that Jesus Christ wants people to pay their taxes, help other people, and support a government that provides basic social services to its citizens, such as food, shelter, education, and

HEALTH CARE!!

Perhaps somebody could explain a different position to me, but I just don't see how somebody can call themselves a Christian and spout a conservative viewpoint. Perhaps I'm buying into the "one or the other" viewpoint, but truly, Christ came to show us love, and His mandate was for us to love God and love each other - and truly I don't see any conservative who really can say he or she loves their fellow neighbor.

Like I said, please explain to me if you care to do so.