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Religious News Verses: The Politics of Lying

Posted by God Discussion Reporter in In The News on 01 12th, 2010 | no responses

CRAVE (Christians Reviving America's Values) sent out a press release proclaiming that "Lying is Just Wrong." The release states in part,

[Don] Swarthout continued, "I don't know how many times someone has said to me, 'Lying by our elected officials is just the way politics is played.' I am tired of their excuses. I don't care what people try to tell me, lying is not the way politics are supposed to be handled by our Washington DC officials."

President Obama has been caught in lies about transparency. President Bush was caught in lies about weapons of mass destruction. I have seen video where a committee chairman claimed a verbal vote was in favor of a bill, when it was not. Many leaders of our Congress and Senate have made bold statements which are simply not true.

Perhaps the media should also take heed to CRAVE's advice. An example is Kevin Jennings, appointed Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and the victim of a vicious right wing smear campaign that was based on lies. Alvin McEwen at the Huffington Post writes:

The most egregious attempt to continue to attack Jennings came when 53 House Republicans signed on to a letter demanding his removal, specifically because of Brewster [an isolated young man who had confided in Jennings when he was a teacher]. The letter even claimed that the young man was not of legal age. It was later discovered that while Rep. Steve King had led the effort behind this campaign, his office was informed of Brewster's true age before the letter was sent out.

King claims that the United States is a "Christian Nation."

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