Tea Party Members: Are They Good Christians?

To the Editor:

This past week a letter to the editor from a Tea Party member who wants us to believe that a 70-year-old man who shoved a bottle down a protestors throat at a Republican rally was staged. The photo did not show that.

Tea Party:

• White at least 55 years old
• Ultra Conservative
• Evangelical Christian
• Fairly wealthy

Per an interview with a Tea Party person last year in the state of Indiana and what they stand for:

• Against all religions except Christian
• Against all Labor Unions
• Against Gay & Lesbians
• Against all government social programs (for women-children-elderly)
• Against Planned Parenthood
• Against having their members in Congress doing any kind of reaching out to work with Democrats

Repulican Members of House (Tea Party) voted last week to cut $16 billion from the food stamp program. That would eliminate benefits for at least 2 million people and cut more than 200,000 kids from the free-lunch program. It would not cut farm subsidies.

By all of the above they claim to be good Christians; is that what Jesus would do?

Dan LaVigne

Avon Lake