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/p> p> VALUING VALUES br> Re: Paul Chesser's Values Apply to All Issues : /p>

I think Mr. Chesser misses the boat entirely. His use of the word "unintentional" makes that clear. There are two things certain about the media. As representative of that media I will allude to the Palm Beach Post. It is a newspaper run by Democrats; for Democrats and is lazy. Any time they can get an incendiary quote from self-appointed spokesperson for any religious group they will get it. You can count on Pat Roberts and Jerry Falwell to be at least that. They are newshounds and will say anything to get time on TV or column inches in newspapers. Palm Beach has hundreds of religious leaders. Each of them would have an interesting and probably less inflammatory viewpoint of things. Why not interview them?

p>Because somebody has to find them; get their phone numbers; take the time to call and then convince each that the purpose of the call is not a character assassination. The other "spokespersons" call them! br> -- Jason Brutus Kane br> Wellington, Florida /p>

I want to thank you for doing exactly what you accuse everyone else of in your column "Values Apply to All Issues." My favorite sentence was, "But go to your local evangelistic Christian church on any Sunday and ask the politically aware (few are, sadly) what their chief concerns are about the country, and the answers will be little, if any, different from what you hear from anyone else." Thank you for 100 percent missing the boat. It seems you are just as ignorant as the rest of the media/pundit/Hollywood crowd when it comes to what your average Christian is thinking. I don't mean that as insult but as a sad fact.

I attend a small Baptist Church just outside of Houston, Texas. We have a nice cross section of America who attend -- blue collar, white collar, young, old, poor, and wealthy, engineers, police officers, teachers, secretaries, sales people, machinists, mechanics, ditch-diggers etc. In the three and a half years I have been a member of this congregation I have never had a discussion with anyone about, Issue No. 1: Do I have the promise of a job to provide for my family? No. 2 (and closely related to No. 1): Can I afford in the current economy to meet my family's needs? Never, not once and I am usually there three or four days out of the week. I lead a ministry and serve in other capacities. (When I am not there I am out pounding the pavement to make a living.)

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