Senator Harry Reid delivered a statement to the Senate on March 11th on the upcoming fight over the Budget Resolution that draws on biblical references to cast the Republican Budget as unjust and immoral. It has not received much publicity that I can find but it is a great document to draw from when looking for frames and lines of attack on the budget.
Senator Reid talked of a meeting he had with a group of Protestant Ministers to discuss the budget and the morality expressed by the choices that were made.
... I met with a group of Ministers from a host of Protestant denominations. They were very concerned about the budget, and shared with me a story from the Gospel of Luke about a rich man and the poor man who lived at his gates named Lazarus. In life, the rich man lived a grand life and paid no attention to the poor man, refusing to come to his aid. But in death, it was Lazarus who went to Heaven and the rich men who suffered in Hell.
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