In the fourth quarter 2009 issue of Christian Life Resources' "Clearly Caring" magazine, they printed a disclaimer that they are not a "religious arm of the Republican Party".
It is good to see that they are at least thinking about the issue, but I think their claim is unsupportable. They seem to go out of their way to say bad things about Democrats and go equally out of their way to avoid saying bad things about Republicans. They point to their tepid criticism of Orrin Hatch to prove otherwise, but not much else. For example, an August 5th story on their site referred to Elena Kagan with the epithet "pro-abortion activist". Elena Kagan might be pro-choice, but describing her as an activist is inaccurate by any reasonable definition of the term. Contrast this with, say, Dick Cheney. If you do a search for his name on their website, the only stories that come up are very glowing in nature. There's no mention of his support for gay marriage. There is no "gay-marriage activist" epithet attached to him, only quasi-endorsements. I think it's fair to say that Cheney and his family more closely fit the definition of "activist" in this regard than does Kagan. My only point is that once you've decided to become political, you have--almost by definition--entered the arena of unfairness. That's not a problem if it's a personal website or blog. But CLR represents WELS and should not be engaging in politics or personal opinion. They have chosen sides, even if they claim they have not.
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