Framing the Debate

But the larger frame is purple politics.. getting beyond the ideologies of left and right. Ideological positions are inherently blind. We take a stance based on a fundamental assumption and divide the world into categories of black and white. Debate stops before it can really start. We condemn those who don't see the world or related issues in the same "Christian" frame as do we. This is the final closing of the mind, and it ends in oppression no better than any other fundamentalist agenda.

There is no "Christian" option in public politics. Even voting for a believing MLA isn't a solution, since they will follow the policies of their party, which are largely driven by the ideologies of right and left (CHP? see below...)...

There should be Christians voting across the political spectrum, and they should be voting for reasons that are have to do with the shape of the Gospel. But no party represents interests shaped purely by the Gospel... not even the Christian Heritage Party, which tends toward seeing in black and white and is essentially right wing.

[via Resonate Soapbox]