Jesus would vote for us, says Greens
Thursday Mar 16 12:40 AEDT
Jesus Christ would vote for the Australian Greens in the South Australian election, the party says.
In a veiled shot at Christian party Family First, Greens candidate Mark Parnell said if Jesus was voting at Saturday's state election, he would not choose a party that discriminated against people on the basis of sexuality or religion.
Mr Parnell also criticised Labor's policy to publicly name and shame young offenders and said Jesus would not support "simply writing them off as worthless reprobates".
VOTE: Who would Jesus vote for?
Nor would Jesus vote for the Democrats, with their dirty campaign tactics and undermining of others to get ahead in the polls, Mr Parnell said.
"The politics of fear, division, bigotry and negative campaigning perpetrated by a number of the other parties are un-Christian and totally out of step with Jesus' emphasis on peace, love and compassion," he said.
"The teachings of Jesus Christ stress compassion, tolerance, concern for the poor, non-violence and care for the earth.
"These are the very same principles that underpin the existence and policies of the Australian Greens."
The Greens decision to ask the electorate who Jesus would vote for follows a similar tactic by the Australian Democrats, who recently claimed former SA Labor premier Don Dunstan would vote for the Democrats - and not Labor - if he was alive.
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