By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged
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Americans don’t consider Democratic presidential candidates to be particularly religious, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
But at the end of Tuesday night’s two-hour debate in Charleston, S.C., guess what?
Faith took center stage.
When CBS News co-moderator Gayle King asked each candidate to offer a personal motto, belief or favorite quote, at least three of the seven made specific religious references.
“Every day, I write a cross on my hand to remind myself to tell the truth and do what’s right, no matter what,” said Tom Steyer, a billionaire environmentalist who touts “creation care.” An Episcopalian, he previously has explained his motivation for the daily drawing of the Jerusalem cross.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren tied her motto directly to the New Testament, quoting from the King James Version: “It’s Mathew 25, and that is, ‘Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of these, the least of thy brethren, ye have done it unto me.’
“For me, this is about how we treat other people and how we lift them up,” added the Massachusetts senator, who was raised Methodist.
This column appears in the online magazine Religion Unplugged.
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