Obama is Like Jesus with Call to ‘Pass This Bill’ Says NPR Blogger

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Liberals love to appeal to Jesus and the Bible when it suits them. Al Gore referenced the Bible at the Tennessee Democratic Party’s annual Jackson Day dinner in 2009 in support of national healthcare. “[P]laying off the focus of the [Ted] Kennedy funeral on the Gospel of Matthew’s parable of Jesus taking care of ‘the least of us,’ [he] thundered that the country has ‘a moral duty to pass health care reform this year.’”
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi believes she must pursue public policies “in keeping with the values” of Jesus Christ, ”The Word made Flesh.” At a 2010 Catholic Community Conference on Capitol Hill, the then speaker said: “They ask me all the time, ‘What is your favorite this? What is your favorite that? What is your favorite that?’ And one time, ‘What is your favorite word?’ And I said, ‘My favorite word? That is really easy. My favorite word is the Word, is the Word. And that is everything. It says it all for us. And you know the biblical reference, you know the Gospel reference of the Word.”
If Christians were to point out that the Bible prohibits abortion and homosexuality and homosexual marriage, they would be accused of imposing their morality on others, violating the separation between church and state, and mixing religion and politics. But if a liberal appeals to the Bible, they are viewed as compassionate. Unfortunately, then a liberal quotes the Bible it’s almost always out of context. Here’s the latest example from NPR blogger Frank James: