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Letter: Jesus would be embarrassed

By Brenda Gardner, Vancouver
Published: February 10, 2021, 6:00am

In response to Roy Schimelpfenig’s rant about the liberal left being hatemongers, I can understand that perspective if you focus only on the violent protests that have occurred over very real racial inequality in this country. However, I have to laugh when he trots out the “Love your neighbors as yourselves” line. Jesus would be embarrassed.

So called “Christian” evangelicals just spent four years supporting a man who cares for no one but himself. Their hypocritical support of Trump has given Christianity a bad name. Christianity is now associated with white supremacists and crazy QAnon supporters, not to mention the selfish bully and adulterer, Trump himself, who has rarely set foot in a church.

Meantime, the Republicans keep getting Christians to vote for them by claiming to care about causes they care about, like abortion. No one is for it, but making it illegal will only make it unsafe. How about you focus some of that “Christian” compassion and energy toward helping the people in your communities, instead of just trying to make their lives harder? A living wage would be a good start.

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