False piety is wrong cure for Dems is an editorial by Jesse Jackson in the Chicago Sun-Times. While I often disagree with Jackson (including various assertions in this editorial) I do think he got one thing right.
But faith is not a political posture. True faith isn't exhibited by symbolic acts, but by substance. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen. It isn't a symbol of things to scheme for. Values are not expressed by the paraphernalia of faith. Values are expressed by action.
That critique applies to all politicians, not just the Dems.
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