Saturday, October 13, 2007
"Now I'm a Believer"
God will be asked this Sunday to weigh in on the state children’s health insurance program, as members of various faith groups plan to pray for an override of President Bush’s veto of the measure.
The call to prayer by the PICO National Network of religious organizations is aimed at generating at least 10,000 calls to 35 targeted members of Congress who voted against the bill (HR 976) but might still be convinced to support an override attempt Oct. 18.
“We’re praying that our elected officials find the courage to put aside politics and do right by our children,” reads a flier that will be distributed Oct. 14 to parishioners in congregations participating in the event.
These people must be reading the Bible story of the Good Samaritan as amended by Karl Marx:
"A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. ... But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him"
So the Samaritan called his Congressman and demanded a tax increase on the wealthy to pay for national health care. He then went on his way, knowing he had done his part for social justice. Because of his self-righteous advocacy on behalf of the needy, at no personal cost to himself, he became known as the Good Samaritan.
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