Do they think Jesus doesn't want people to have health insurance?

This if from two months ago. But it's still an impressive fact to me that the Christian Right actively opposes health care reform, as Jacqueline Salmon reports in Opposition to Health-Care Reform Revives Christian Right Washington Post 09/09/09. They saw putting abortion into the health care reform picture as a key part of their goal. They must be happy that the Stupak Coathanger Amendment passed the House last week:

As the president prepares to address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night to press for health-care reform, conservative Christian leaders are rallying their troops to oppose him, with online town hall meetings, church gatherings, fundraising appeals, and e-mail and social networking campaigns. FRC Action, the lobbying arm of the Family Research Council, has scheduled a webcast Thursday night for tens of thousands of supporters in which House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and other speakers will respond to the president's health-care address. ...

After seeing their bread-and-butter issue of abortion take a back seat during the election last year, the Christian right has been a prime force in moving it back to the front row by focusing on it as a potential part of health-care reform. ...

A coalition of three dozen conservative Christian organizations, representing 5 million people and calling itself the Freedom Federation, announced its formation last month. It has taken on opposition to health-care reform as its first issue. [my emphasis]

Do you think they are using some weird translation of the Gospels in which Jesus doesn't heal the sick but instead goes around making people sick?

In addition to getting the anti-abortion Stupak Coathanger Amendment adopted, this article is a reminder that the Christian Right is motivated to action by conservative issues generally, not just ones that are more narrowly religion-related.

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