A Holy-Roller Democrat

[scribblet]

I thought the democrats where supposed to be free of the overtly religious candidates, looks like they have at least one. He is pro-life, pro prayer-in-schools and is a born-again believer. Besides, democrats can be Christians too can't they, all part of a big tent party.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7042702044.html

A Holy-Roller Democrat

By Dan Gilgoff

Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page B03

John Arthur Eaves baptized three of his four sons in the Jordan River, an event he highlights in a radio campaign ad. The candidate for governor of Mississippi thinks Roe v. Wade should be overturned, calls for reintroducing school prayer and wants limits on riverboat gambling -- all hot-button issues among evangelical pastors.

But Eaves isn't just any old run-of-the-mill evangelical candidate -- he's a Democrat. And he's challenging not just any first-term governor, but Haley Barbour, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee and a Goliath in the GOP, with possible designs on the White Ho

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Eaves roots his populism in the same evangelical Christianity as his social positions. "A lot of people ask me, 'How are you a Democrat and a Christian?' " he says in his Jackson office, festooned with photos from his 1996 trip to Israel to baptize his sons. "And I say, 'Because I'm a Christian, I'm a Democrat.' Christ healed the sick, reached out to the poor and came to tell us the truth, which today would translate into support for health care and education. Christ came to help people, and I believe that's the role of the Democratic Party."

[BubberMiley]

I thought the democrats where supposed to be free of the overtly religious candidates...

Who told you that?

[scribblet]

It was supposed to tongue in cheek, I should said that.

[Liam]

The difference between the parties is that Democrats allow people to be evangelicals whereas Republicans require them to be evangelicals.