One of my least favorite things to see in politics is claims of religion supporting one party over the other. It's offensive when Republicans do it, and I don't much care for attempts by Democrats to do it either.
But that doesn't mean we can't speak of policy decisions by referencing voters' religious beliefs and sensibilities in ways that unite us all. And, that's exactly what happened for the better in New Jersey last night.
Dennis Shulman, Rabbi and NJ-5 Candidate for Congress who is putting the fight to avowed Christian "conservative" Scott Garrett, took that opportunity in the first of three scheduled debates.
Shulman landed Blue Jersey's Quote of the Day when discussing Garrett's vote against SCHIP by noting that Garrett was violating a fundamental biblical tenet:
"Even your scripture, Scott, says heal the sick and cleanse the leper."
Indeed, there is more to be found in every religion that unites us than can ever be found to divide us.
Score 1 for Dennis, and credit PolitickerNJ's Matt Friedman for great coverage of the NJ-5 debate.