I can’t remember which TV pundit said this, but the name escapes me at the moment. The line was something like: If this doesn’t prove the genius of the Founding Fathers’ prohibition of a religious test for office, nothing will.

You and I have spoken more then once about religion, and 99% of the time we see eye to eye. Speaking for myself, I have walked out of churches when I found them to be speaking words of hatred and prejudice. It wasn’t easy, because the preachers were basically good people, people whose company was a positive influence on me, until Sunday morning came around, and the words that weren’t spoken the rest of the week, came flowing from them with all the rightous indignation they could muster. I remember feeling physically ill hearing their words, and later feeling like I wasn’t a good enough as a Christian, because I couldn’t support what they were saying. But bottom lining things, I knew the difference between right and wrong. So does Obama, and so does McCain.

Now, if both these men choose to ignore knowing the difference, then it is a clear indicator of what they would be like as president. You can’t choose your family, but you can choose who your friends are, and who your spiritual leader is. Personally, I try to be my own moral leader. The nice thing about being a Christian is that we have been given the gift of a direct relationship with God.

If someone presumes to speak for Clinton, or McCain, or Obama, it’s up to us if we listen or not. We are all perfectly capable of testing these people, the same as we are encouraged to take our fears or questions to God in prayer. If an over zealous Clinton supporter goes to far, then it is a reflection on themselves, not Sen. Clinton, unless she tries to justify it. It’s the justifications I am having trouble with. Obama now says he is ashamed of Rev. Wright. But look what it took… a direct attack by Rev. Wright. And funny thing, they are now dumping their friendship without a single notion of forgiveness. Funny how that is always the first casualty of broken relationships. Forgiveness seems to be the forgotten Christian ethic.