Oh, it gets better… in describing his current church, he says:

“we are fellowshipping with each other with Agape Love and we are inspiring that excellence to transform the marketplace through excellence in ministry.”

That’s a far cry from the Christ that kicked the money lenders out of the temple, said his reign was “not of this order,” and told folks to render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s. Last I checked, the marketplace was squarely of this order. Perhaps this Pastor should stick to spiritual matters. I always get uncomfortable when faith and politics mix. Jim Wallis had it right when it comes to God’s politics… The right is wrong and the left doesn’t get it.

Actually parts of his platform sound good… though I’ve been watching and he took down his support for school vouchers (while leaving support for charter school expansion). I think charter schools are a good idea, but vouchers would only bring down the already poor quality of public schools in this country, leaving those too poor to do anything but public school with their kids in an even worse position. School Vouchers are not about personal freedom or choice… they are a covert attempt to undo the public school system in our country. Think about that for a second… what would that do to our sense of community, our shared heritage, our unity?

He’s got a tough road ahead of him, up against Charlie Rangel. I guess the least of his worries is how to spell “Michel” correctly. =-)