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In reply to the discussion: Democrats should pull the Jesus card [View all]thucythucy
(8,043 posts)12. There is in fact a long history of the religious left
in this country, from Congregationalist radical abolitionists to Quaker pacifists to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Jessie Jackson, the Berrigan Brothers, the Wilmington 10, the Sanctuary movement, Witness for Peace, etc. etc. etc.
Somehow, the right has managed to co-opt anything having to do with religion in this country. It's long past time we took it back from them.
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