What Would Jesus Do?

Matthew 25:31-46

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

And from the Washington Post:

The budget measure squeaked through the House 217 to 215 at 1:45 a.m., in a vote orchestrated by GOP leaders to allow as many Republicans as possible to vote against the budget-slashing measure. Fourteen joined all Democrats in opposition.

The blueprint would impose new fees on Medicaid recipients, squeeze student loan programs, cut child support enforcement and push tens of thousands of low-income families off food stamps.

Or most eloquently expressed by Al Franken:

From what I understand, if you cut out all the passages in the Bible where Jesus talks about the poor, about helping out the least among us, you'd have the perfect container to smuggle Rush Limbaugh's drugs in.

So... why?

VOTE BY RELIGION	BUSH			KERRY		NADER
TOTAL	2004	2000	2004		2004
Protestant (54%)	59%	+3	40%		0%
Catholic (27%)	52%	+5	47%		0%
Jewish (3%)	25%	+6	74%		*
Other (7%)	23%	-5	74%		1%
None (10%)	31%	+1	67%		1%

MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE	BUSH			KERRY		NADER
TOTAL	2004	2000	2004		2004
Taxes (5%)	57%	n/a	43%		0%
Education (4%)	26%	n/a	73%		*
Iraq (15%)	26%	n/a	73%		0%
Terrorism (19%)	86%	n/a	14%		0%
Economy/Jobs (20%)	18%	n/a	80%		0%
Moral Values (22%)	80%	n/a	18%		1%
Health Care (8%)	23%	n/a	77%		*

(source: CNN)

22% of the voters considered "moral values" their top priority in voting... 54% classify themselves as Protestant... and they voted with significant margins for the party trying to let the sick take care of themselves, starve the poor, and abandon the unfortunate.

This reflection of moral values has been brought to you by Christie, who went to Catholic mass (as she does every Sunday) wearing the so-called "stripper boots."