Was God Loves Republicans T-shirt a fashion statement?
By BERRY CRAIG KEA-NEA/AFT Local 6380 “God Loves Republicans” read a T-shirt I saw at the Fancy Farm picnic. I don’t know if it was a joke. However, some conservative Republicans seem to think “GOP” stands for “God’s Own Party.” The implication of a “God Loves Republicans” T-shirt is obvious: Democrats are unloved by the Almighty. Sometimes, Republicans do more than imply. Democratic activists in western Kentucky say some Republicans have told them, flat out, “You can’t be a Democrat and a Christian.” was reared Presbyterian. I don’t recall from reading the Bible, going to Sunday school and listening to sermons that God is a Republican, or a Democrat for that matter. I was taught that we are all God’s children and that, like a good parent, God loves us all the same. Yet more than a few Kentucky pastors pray, preach and pass out leaflets entreating their flocks to vote for “Christian” candidates, almost always meaning conservative Republicans. Many of the faithful in the pews are the le
