Bernie Sanders, the anti-Bible thumper

[left-of-center2012]

From a Huffington Post article:
"He is the anti-Bible thumper.
Sanders is the presidential contender most willing to dissociate himself from religion. Though he identifies as Jewish and by Jewish law is Jewish, he has freely acknowledged that he is not a religious person.
He scored a solid zero from (right wing evangelical) Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition in its most recent scorecard and a 100 from the abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/30/bernie-sanders-faith_n_7174514.html?cps=gravity_2429_-8353885601151664123

Another reason to vote for Bernie
https://berniesanders.com/

[Enthusiast]

1. K&R! Yes, another reason to vote for Bernie! And fuck the ethically challenged Ralph Reed.

[Novara]

2. It's about time someone DOESN'T bring religion into politics!

[sarge43]

5. Indeed.

Faith is like sex, money and patriotism. If you really got 'em, you don't have to flaunt 'em.

[awoke_in_2003]

12. During the 08 primaries

CNN had a special called (I think) the Candidates and Their Faith. I wanted to puke.

[wyldwolf]

3. that's refreshing

[rurallib]

4. never knew he was formerly Jewish until yesterday

and it really, really doesn't matter.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. How can he be "formerly" Jewish when he says he still is? /NT

[rurallib]

9. okay - non-practicing whatever

had no idea of his religious background or any ethnicity

[mike dub]

10. LOL. Sorry, but "formerly" Jewish reminds me of a classic line by John Goodman in The Big Lebowski

Obscure, I know.

And DU rec on Bernie Sanders keeping religion out of politics. Finally, my kind of candidate.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Three thousand years of tradition from Moses to Sandy Koufax.

[Beakybird]

7. I'm also Jewish and not religious

I never stopped being Jewish

[Duppers]

13. thanks for educating folks on this thread

Some just have a limited understanding.

[Sunlei]

8. wow, Sen. Sanders will turn the rabid RW religious into 2 headed attack snakes.

'Faith and Freedom Coalition', (another republican political charity) will need a couple billion in 'donations' to support their chosen republican messiah. who will they choose?, stay tuned America.

[left-of-center2012]

14. Sen. Sanders will turn the rabid RW religious into 2 headed attack snakes

FOX NEWS: "Here comes the war on Christians!"