THERE WAS A TIME WHEN RELIGION BROUGHT US TOGETHER; those old enough to have dementia may remember
I can remember walking in anti-war marches alongside priests, ministers, rabbi's, and even imam's. Sometimes the conversations that took place during the march carried over to coffee after it ended. A booklet given me by a member of the American Friends Service Committee helped me to get a medical deferment from the draft. As a child I loved sitting on my grandma's capacious knees learning the gospels. I lost my religion sometime around10 years old. Yet, I admired many of the religious leaders I met resisting our wars. Many years later while lobbying with my union in Washington DC, I went in search of the Reverend Jim Wallis, leader of the Soujourner Society. He was out of town at the time, so I was unsuccessful. During all of this time there was a the feeling in the back of my mind that not all religions are worthy of respect. And those unworthy religions were among the Christian churches.That feeling rose to ugly prominence when President Jimmy Carter was considere...