Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont who identifies politically as a socialist, tore into President Donald Trump’s deputy budget director nominee Russell Vought for calling Islam, back in 2016, a “deficient theology,” and for maintaining steadfastness in his Christian faith in the face of the crossfire that ensued. Let’s cut to the chase here. Ultimately,…
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Vought used a religious test to try and deny a Muslim running for office.
Rightly Bernie Sanders took him to task. As a secular Jew he doesn’t want a litmus test because he isn’t a Christian and believes in fair treatment of all people.
Bernie wasn’t applying a litmus test he was asking would Vought be fair.
The title of this is click bait and not true. It’s disengenious and should read Bernie takes Vaugn to task who ised a religious litmus on a Muslim politician.
And what’s with a Jewish website the SD Jewish World quoting the New York Times article on full including the testimony from Christian doctrine about salvation and that I’d you don’t believe in G-d having a so you don’t know G-d. Um us Jews don’t believe Jesus is g-ds son. We don’t believe Jesus is g-ds and we don’t believe he saves us. So we fail Bought test. Why us SDJW defending someone who has a theological problem with people who deny his faith.
Bernie was right in his questioning religious litmus and Voughts belief that denying Jesus means you don’t know his G-d. Those are legitimate questions. As a Jew who denies Jesus is g-ds son who denies he saves people and don’t believe in eternal damnation for unbelievers like Christians teach. I completely agree with Bernie on his line of questioning in this. He wasn’t having a litmus text he calling into question his fairness based on a previous statement against a Muslim candidate. Perfectly legit.
I don’t agree with SDJW repost of this article unedited and with the misleading click baity title.
It should read “Bernie Sanders a secular Jew who challenges Trump appointee Vought a devout Christian who had a religious litmus test he felt disqualified a Muslim candidate.” Or something like that.