1/ #GOPTaxBill passage will create a shift in the social safety net as we have known it, and it will signal a change that government will no longer care for the needs of the poor — the criteria that the biblical prophets demand of all those who rule. sojo.net/articles/great…
2/ 91% of Congress members claim to be Christian. We'll be tweeting out some of the more than #2000verses in Scripture that reference justice & treatment of the poor. Retweet these to your senators to remind them. List of senators' handles here: twitter.com/cspan/lists/se…
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Exodus 22:25
If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them. #2000verses#GOPTaxBill
Exodus 23:11
but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the wild animals may eat. You shall do the same with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard. #2000verses#GOPTaxBill