A new billboard in Mitchell is raising debates as well as eyebrows.
The billboard, located on North Sanborn, reads: “Jesus cares for the poor - So Do We.” At the bottom, the billboard states, “Democrats Make America Stronger.”
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The Grassroot Democrats South Dakota was formally established in June 2004. While the group shares many of the values and tenets of the Democratic Party, it is not affiliated with it. The billboard campaign began in May 2005 in Sioux Falls.
But one local Republican, state Rep. Lou Sebert, of Mitchell, said he thought Democrats wanted to keep religion out of politics.
“I haven’t seen the billboard, but if it says ‘Jesus cares for the poor’ … I don’t see how Jesus ties to the Democratic or Republican Party,” Sebert said.
“Jesus is not a party builder,” he added. “I’m a religious person and I have sympathy for the poor. All people are created equal, but we don’t have all the same opportunities. I don’t think it’s a party issue. It’s a public issue. As a legislature we deal with it as a state as best we can.”
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Grassroot Democrats, according to Roger Berggren of Sioux Falls, executive director of the group, is addressing what he said the last election left out in the cold: a Democratic moral position.
“(The billboard is) there for the hundreds of moderate and liberal Christians that see Pat Robertson on the news and Bill Frist in front of churches preaching and who don’t understand how their values fit into Jesus’ life,” said Berggren. “To try to say that Democrats are just going to ignore religion is ignoring part of what makes us, us.”
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UPDATE: SD War College--Jesus is just alright with the dems.
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