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To Vote, Or Not To Vote, A Christian Perspective
This has been a long, tedious, annoying tiring election season. We have be bombarded with ads, phone calls, debates, etc. Election day is upon us. But should Christians be involved in the election process? Should we vote?
Over the last several years, we have seen a steady decline in the United States as a "Christian nation." This decline has accelerated over the last four years. The current president once mocked Southerners because, he said, the "cling to their guns and religion." I don't cling to my guns, though I recognize the right of Americans to "hold and bear arms" as guaranteed in the Second Amendment of the Constitution. I do cling to my religion, and I am proud of it. That is guaranteed by the First Amendment, along with the freedom to make known our religious beliefs. The President signed into law a healthcare bill that he championed. It requires every organizations, including religious ones, to pay for birth control, or buy insurance policies that pay for, birth control, even if they are opposed to it on religious grounds. This violates the First Amendment. This should be alarming to every religious organization because it opens the way for the government to require whatever it deems necessary of religious organizations, even when they oppose it on religious grounds. The president recently finished "evolving" on the topic of same-sex marriage, coming out in favor of it. He has always been "pro-choice," on abortion and infanticide (leaving a baby that has survived abortion alone to die.)
The President's political party left God out of its platform this year, and many booed when the decision was made to put Him back in.
The Supreme Court has made a number of decisions over the years that declared laws against various sins, unconstitutional, when, in fact, they were not. Several Justices will likely retire soon, and be replaced by the next president. A liberal president, such as Mr. Obama, will appoint Justices that will likely continue this policy of distorting the Constitution, and "legislating from the bench."
With these facts in mind, it should be easy to see the importance of Christians supporting candidates that will uphold the Constitution in all of its policies, especially those that relate to our religious principles.
What does the Bible say? It does not address this topic directly, nor are there any Biblical principles violated by supporting candidates that uphold its principles.
Should Christians support candidates? Should they vote? Yes! to both questions.
L. John Bost
Over the last several years, we have seen a steady decline in the United States as a "Christian nation." This decline has accelerated over the last four years. The current president once mocked Southerners because, he said, the "cling to their guns and religion." I don't cling to my guns, though I recognize the right of Americans to "hold and bear arms" as guaranteed in the Second Amendment of the Constitution. I do cling to my religion, and I am proud of it. That is guaranteed by the First Amendment, along with the freedom to make known our religious beliefs. The President signed into law a healthcare bill that he championed. It requires every organizations, including religious ones, to pay for birth control, or buy insurance policies that pay for, birth control, even if they are opposed to it on religious grounds. This violates the First Amendment. This should be alarming to every religious organization because it opens the way for the government to require whatever it deems necessary of religious organizations, even when they oppose it on religious grounds. The president recently finished "evolving" on the topic of same-sex marriage, coming out in favor of it. He has always been "pro-choice," on abortion and infanticide (leaving a baby that has survived abortion alone to die.)
The President's political party left God out of its platform this year, and many booed when the decision was made to put Him back in.
The Supreme Court has made a number of decisions over the years that declared laws against various sins, unconstitutional, when, in fact, they were not. Several Justices will likely retire soon, and be replaced by the next president. A liberal president, such as Mr. Obama, will appoint Justices that will likely continue this policy of distorting the Constitution, and "legislating from the bench."
With these facts in mind, it should be easy to see the importance of Christians supporting candidates that will uphold the Constitution in all of its policies, especially those that relate to our religious principles.
What does the Bible say? It does not address this topic directly, nor are there any Biblical principles violated by supporting candidates that uphold its principles.
Should Christians support candidates? Should they vote? Yes! to both questions.
L. John Bost
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