{"id":779,"date":"2005-03-29T09:57:28","date_gmt":"2005-03-29T14:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/000af36.netsolhost.com\/wordpress1\/2005\/03\/29\/the_religious_b\/"},"modified":"2005-03-29T09:57:28","modified_gmt":"2005-03-29T14:57:28","slug":"the_religious_b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/2005\/03\/29\/the_religious_b\/","title":{"rendered":"The Religious Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine held a conference call with reporters yesterday to take issue with his opponent in the governor\u2019s race, Jerry Kilgore, for what Kaine perceives as an attack against his Catholicism. In an interview with the DC Examiner, the successor to the Journal newspapers in the DC area (available only in pdf format at this site<\/a>), Kilgore intimated that Kaine is disingenuous<\/a> in leaning on his religion to defend his stance against the death penalty.<\/p>\n

“He’s had a record of activism against the death penalty. Until it became politically unpopular, he had never mentioned his religion in relation to the death penalty.”<\/p>\n

Kaine has invoked his faith frequently during the campaign. He often mentions his service as a missionary in Honduras during his student days. When running for lieutenant governor in 2001, Kaine didn’t refer to his religious beliefs as frequently, reporters who covered that campaign recall.<\/p>\n

Kaine has been running radio ads in which he says his core values are “guided by my faith.”<\/p>\n

“I have never attacked his religion. Ever,” Kilgore said in the interview with the Washington Examiner. Kilgore supports the death penalty and has been making an issue of Kaine’s opposition. Kilgore is a Baptist.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe Kilgore is not attacking Kaine\u2019s religion, but it\u2019s smart politics on Kaine\u2019s part to make the accusation, as I stated earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After all, Kilgore paints citizens opposed to his election<\/a> as anti-religious, anti-family and anti-democratic.<\/p>\n

Kaine also took issue with two Kilgore fund-raising letters, including one dated March 18. It referred to “left-wing activists who don’t share the values of faith, family and freedom that Virginians hold dear.” Then it adds: “Yet that’s where so much of Tim Kaine’s support is coming from.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jerry, you can\u2019t claim people who don\u2019t support you are against your faith and then criticize your opponent when he makes the same charge against you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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