The Republican Right vs. Chrisitianity -David Kennedy

Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at 12:00 Noon, I am hosting my show The Advocates on WVOX- 1460 AM, my guest in the first show of 2012 is David M. Kennedy.

David was born and raised in Sherman, Texas, a part of the country he now calls the safe harbor for conservative hypocrisy.  At the age of 53, he and his wife of 30 years moved to Ridgway, Colorado, which they now call home.  Ridgway is the location for the filming of the original True Grit.

 By profession, David is a trial lawyer who has focused the last 20 years of his practice to the representation of those injured and abused in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.  He has lectured on elderly abuse, the detection and prevention of the same, and is a firm believer that government funded programs are vital to the very health and safety of our seniors.  He also believes the conservative movement in this country that directly attacks the social safety nets, as well as efforts at tort reform, have and will result in even more neglect to the most vulnerable among us.

Raised a Baptist, David credits the Christian Coalition=s Voter Guide push in America=s churches as his wake-up call that something was seriously amiss within established Christian denominations, and that was the influential politics of the Christian Right.  Due to the undesirable presence of conservative politics, David moved his family from his life-long church to a new Baptist church, becoming the chairman of deacons and one of the first elders chosen to lead that church.  He then left with others to establish a non-denominational church that became the first religious organization to be permitted to hold church in the local public school district facilities of his community.

Hearing the constant rhetoric of the approaching 2010 elections, David decided it was time to rededicate his life to his Christian faith.  His first act was to author You Voted For Who? And You Call Yourself A Christian?, the title being the actual quoted rebuke his wife received from one of her conservative Christian friends upon being told that she had voted for Barack Obama.  The book applies a biblical analysis to challenge that conservative mantra of the usual political wedge issues that always drives the evangelical Christians to support the Republican Party.  The book may be purchased through his website dedicated to fighting what he calls the good fight against the Christian Right, as well as on Amazon.com.