Judgement as a political weapon.
Since Ronald Reagan re-introduced religion into the political debate we have seen judgement used as a political weapon.
The older generation had their revenge on the Baby-Boomers and condemned them, ostensibly for sexual transgressions, but in reality for left-wing/Socialist political views.
And Generation X grabbed their chance to damn their hated enemies.
Reagan called us "agents of the devil" and Generation X labelled us "loose".
You hypocrites!
Jesus said: "'Do not judge, so that you may not be judged." Matthew 7:1 (NRSV)
And "loose" from the generation that popularized male strippers and toy boys.
You hypocrites!
But the fact remains that judgement should not be used as a political weapon.
The Religious Right gave in to the temptation to judge their enemies.
It gave them power and privilege.
They were prepared to corrupt themselves absolutely for the sake of political power.
[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education Of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. All rights reserved.]
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