How Would Jesus Vote?

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From the article:

For most of the last 40 years, the notion that one's Christian beliefs should guide one's voting has largely been promoted by conservative Republicans.....

This year, a Democratic presidential candidate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., is making the same argument, with a twist: A vote based on Christian values, Buttigieg suggests, would indeed turn the country around, but in a "progressive" direction.
Buttigieg says protecting the poor and welcoming immigrants is a Christian obligation that is inconsistent with Republican priorities....

Buttigieg's suggestion that liberals be willing to say that "Christian faith is going to point you in a progressive direction," as he told USA Today columnist Kirsten Powers, provoked some outrage on the right. One conservative academic argued that Buttigieg "doesn't get to make up his own Christianity," and another conservative dismissed Buttigieg's comments as "partisan nonsense."

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https://www.npr.org/2019/04/23/716258078/2020-election-revives-the-question-should-religious-faith-guide-one-s-voting?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0xJuKg1-PkS6MbC1nUlvdVv9w8K6795FSmKT_KYz_-spaWIiwIXhgtF6Q