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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1220396" data-attributes="member: 40736"><p>Context? Like this guy?</p><p>Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) on Friday responded to a constituent opposed to drastically cutting food stamps for the young, elderly and poor by citing a Biblical quote: <em>"If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat."</em></p><p></p><p>and this one:</p><p>Tennessee Republican Rep. Stephen Fincher provides an excellent case study on why context should never be disregarded when quoting from the Bible.In <a href="http://inplainsight.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/19/18307642-ax-hovers-over-food-stamp-program-as-costs-grow?lite" target="_blank">recent moves</a> by Congress to slash $4.1 billion or more from food stamps (otherwise known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) over the next 10 years, Fincher quoted from 2 Thessalonians 3:10:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1220396, member: 40736"] Context? Like this guy? Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) on Friday responded to a constituent opposed to drastically cutting food stamps for the young, elderly and poor by citing a Biblical quote: [I]"If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat."[/I] and this one: Tennessee Republican Rep. Stephen Fincher provides an excellent case study on why context should never be disregarded when quoting from the Bible.In [URL="http://inplainsight.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/19/18307642-ax-hovers-over-food-stamp-program-as-costs-grow?lite"]recent moves[/URL] by Congress to slash $4.1 billion or more from food stamps (otherwise known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) over the next 10 years, Fincher quoted from 2 Thessalonians 3:10: [INDENT]For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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