The Religious Left

Sharon, from Center of NJ Life, has an excellent post that describes how the media has played into the hands of the Republican Party in its search to define itself as the party of moral values.

Conservatives nationwide have proudly claimed the rights to the "values voters," voters who choose candidates based on values, rather than....??

Yes, it is rediculous that the party of big business and war has run away with the Values title, however, what is even more curious is how Democrats and liberals nationwide have done very little to repudiate the claim. Democrats haven't communicated the idea that their policies reflect values. Values that say that government should help the poor before the wealthy, the uninsured before the pharmaceutical companies, and the worker before the CEO.

Even if "values" is a word only being used to describe religion, it is apparent that the media doesn't take the religious left seriously. Although preachers all over the nation have opposed the reactionary policies of the Bush administration, it is too common that the media brands "values voters," or "people of faith" as property of the right.