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Preachy Pete Doubles-Down On Campaigning Using Faith — ‘God Does Not Belong To A Political Party’

Written by K. Walker on February 18, 2020

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Preachy Pete Buttigieg wants to engage a new type of Democrat v**er — the Religious Left.

The Mayor of South Bend, Indiana has been very open about his faith during his campaign for President. He wears it on his sleeve and it is just as much a part of his identity as his sexual orientation. He’s loud, he’s proud, and he’s a “person of faith.”

More than most of his rivals for the Democratic nomination, Mr. Buttigieg has put religion at the center of his p**********l campaign, seeing it as an opportunity to speak to a broad swath of the e*****rate, both inside and outside the Democratic Party. The themes of political healing and reconciliation that are at the core of his message, he says, are guided by Scripture, which taught him: “How you v**ed doesn’t make you a good person or a bad person.”

He has suggested that his party could benefit from a “religious left” movement to counter the influence of the religious right, and has criticized Democrats for having “an allergy” to discussing faith.

Buttigieg wants to leverage the moral teachings from faith traditions — specifically the Judeo-Christian worldview — as motivators to v**e for Democrats.

He sees this as “unifying.”

“For all the ways in which faith and religion can divide people, it also has this unifying power,” he said in an interview backstage before a rally in West Des Moines recently. “Because you have a thing you share with somebody whose station in life or generational or racial or professional experience is so different from your own.”

Campaigning, he added, is about finding “some way of connecting at a human level with as many people as you can — especially with people who may not be obviously like you.”

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He’s also desperately trying to court the black v**e which is often tied to a religiously-couched social justice movement.

He has repeatedly said, “God does not belong to a political party” and he did it again at the Nevada Black Legislative Caucus.

Pete Buttigieg: "God does not belong to a political party." pic.twitter.com/b7b36VF2Yb

— The Hill (@thehill) February 17, 2020



Someone should tell the policies of the Democratic Party.

Yes, Preachy Pete believes that the party that booed God at its 2012 National Convention is the right fit for deeply religious v**ers.

Good luck with that.

The problem with this approach is that the way that Preachy Pete views his faith isn’t the way that many Christians view their faith. His faith is a very liberal interpretation of scripture where the “benevolent hand” of government is the outward expression of faith in action rather than the church itself as the method for showing God’s mercy and grace to the world. To many conservative Christians, this is flipping on its head the “render unto Caesar” teaching of Jesus and shifts the responsibility of caring for the widows, orphans, the imprisoned, and the poor, onto the large, faceless entity of government rather than closer, caring, and supportive “hands and feet of God on earth” — the Church.

And then there are the political positions.

Buttigieg has basically stated that if you don’t view Christianity the same way that he does, then you’re not a great Christian. Meanwhile, many Christians are struggling to reconcile Buttigieg’s marriage to a man with the teachings of both the Old Testament and the Epistles of Paul. This isn’t the bigotry or homophobia that many have claimed, but a real grappling of the meaning of ancient, sacred texts and our current cultural norms.

A******n is another issue where Pete veers away from many mainline people of faith. Buttigieg, who thinks that the government should be the active hand of God in other aspects of life, doesn’t believe that there should be a law to protect the unborn at any stage of development — that’s a decision solely between a woman and her doctor.

Preachy Pete was on The View recently and was queried by Meghan McCain about his a******n extremism.

He was disingenuous about that. The pro-a******n Guttmacher Institute study in 2013 shows that the majority of late-term a******ns aren’t heartbreaking decisions made because a wanted baby is suddenly diagnosed with something catastrophic — it’s because the baby isn’t wanted. The “fetal anomaly” argument is a talking point to cite the extremes to push the a******n narrative forward. The study is pretty clear: “…data suggest that most women seeking later terminations are not doing so for reasons of fetal anomaly or life endangerment.”

So, on some big social issues, Preachy Pete is 0 for 2 with many mainline people of faith.

And, predictably, Preachy Pete jumps all-in around Christmas and called Jesus a poor refugee.

Today I join millions around the world in celebrating the arrival of divinity on earth, who came into this world not in riches but in poverty, not as a citizen but as a refugee.

No matter where or how we celebrate, merry Christmas.

— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) December 25, 2019

Matt Walsh of the Daily Wire handled this nicely (and correctly).

And no He wasn’t a refugee in Egypt either. Egypt was a Roman territory at the time. The Holy Family was fleeing the persecution of the client king of Judea, not the Roman Emperor.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) December 26, 2019

So, if you’re not for open borders and granting refugee status to anyone who asks, then you’re not a good Christian according to Buttigieg.

Let’s be clear, Pete Buttigieg is a Big Government l*****t who wants to selectively use religion as a cudgel to guilt people to v**e the “correct” way.

He’s got the stamp of approval from the race-hustling, tax-evading grifter with an MSNBC show, Al Sharpton.

bahmer

Amen and Amen very good there NPP thanks for posting this.

kemmer

He has said or implied no such thing.

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

Regardless, Buttigieg's view of Christianity is biblically wrong!

kemmer

And I think yours is biblically wrong. So?

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Pete and all same sex "marriages" are in violation of the definition of marriage as defined by virtually all regions world wide. There really is no way of getting around that. And, there is literally no way to "biblically" justify same sex marriage. No way no how.

Jimmy Boy

Well done

Rose42

That's because you deny God's word and much of the bible as does Buttigieg.

Parky is correct. The t***h stands despite Buttigieg's and others attempts to deny it.

kemmer

Hmm... We seem to ignore all the other levitical prohibitions. Why not this one?

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

Can you say that you are being led by the Holy Spirit in His teaching you biblical t***h?

I can. Because I'm Spirit indwelt. Are you?

kemmer

Congratulations. I feel the same way. Holy Spirit, that is. “Biblical t***h” is another matter.

kemmer

He, and I, I might add, do not deny God’s word; parts of the Bible are fantasy or borrowed material: the creation story, the Adam & Eve/Talking Snake episode, Noah’s flood, etc.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Which ones are those. Of course we obviously are going to "sin" but hopefully we won't or don't continue to commit the same ones over and over again with no intention of trying to stop. That is the issue with homosexuality. Living the "sin" without any intention of stopping.

Evan a addict is trying to end the addiction. But not the homosexual who marries another homosexual.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

That doesn't make homosexuality or same sex marriage ok.

kemmer

Matrimony is a sacrament, gay or straight. Doesn’t matter.
A gay man marrying a straight woman—or vice versa—ruins both their lives.