It is answers like this that drive my support of Fred Thompson for president.
A woman asked him if he would “as a Christian, as a conservative” continue President Bush’s programs to combat global AIDS.
“Christ didn’t tell us to go to the government and pass a bill to get some of these social problems dealt with. He told us to do it,” Thompson said.
“The government has its role, but we need to keep firmly in mind the role of the government, and the role of us as individuals and as Christians on the other.”
I fully believe that Christians and others of all religious backgrounds should be engaged in the political process. But as a Christian I have to suggest that Sen. Thompson’s answer is the proper roll for religion in politics.
It doesn’t matter what the question or issue may be, government is very seldom the answer.
How refreshing that Fred Thompson understands that.
(h/t: Hot Air)
Cross posted from The Marblehead Regiment.
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