God and Politics

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Barack Obama, bruce reyes-chow, Canada, election, Exodus, George W. Bush, god, God-Talk, grace ji-sun kim, Joseph Biden, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, politics, religion, social issues

My latest column was first posted in Bruce Reyes-Chow’s blog site Patheos.com.  This is a repost from his site.

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I will never forget the answer that George W. Bush gave in an early presidential primary season debate – December 13, 1999 – when he was asked, ‘who is your favorite political philosopher’.

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Social Issues are Economic Issues

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contraceptives, economic issues, election 2012, grace ji-sun kim, health issues, presidential candidate, social issues, vote, women's issues

Most people are now probably tired of hearing about the politics as the elections are very close and the campaigning has been too long.  What I am tired of hearing is whether this election is about either ‘social issues’ or the “economy”?  Is there a real difference between the two?