Who are you sleeping with?

My fellow blogger recently wrote about the Ann Coulter thing last week. Apparently Ms. Coulter, who rarely shies away from controversy or the spotlight, called John Edwards a derogatory name.

This is stupid, childish and petty. Are we on the playground of the elementary school?

My friend raises the point that the conservative, evangelical church has "hitched" its wagon to the Republican Party. I am reminded of the old saying: "Politics makes strange bedfellows."

I think the evangelical church has sold its soul to rise to power and influence. They have so sold out to the Republican Party, that they really have to voice.

I am reminded of Martin Luther King, Jr., who in the 1950s stayed away from allying himself too closely with either the Republican or Democratic Party. His view was that if he allied himself too closely with either party, he would lose his voice and influence.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the civil rights movement became entrenched in the Democratic Party. Now, the only time most white, liberal Democrats think about African-Americans is when it is time to "get out the vote."

The same is true of Christians. We have become the whore of the Republican Party. They come to us only for one thing: votes.

Just as the Democratic Party has abandoned all but lip service to civil rights, the Republican Party has nothing but lip service for the evangelical.

Wake up, people. Stop selling your soul for political gain.

Cal Thomas said it best, "Our redemption will not come on Air Force One."