Alright, so I thought of something else!
Why does Christian = Republican? Why is Christian synonymous with Republican and visa versa?
I know that a lot of it has to do with whether or not a candidate believes in a womans right to choose and their stance on gay marriage…but really, is that all?
How much effect could a republican candidate have on those two things? Well, my first thought is not much…
Abortion is a legal matter meaning it would have to be dealt with in the court system. A republican president could probably do something about that by nominating supreme court judges that would probably overthrow something like that…but what about legislators? I don’t think they can really do anything…maybe when it comes to partial-birth abortion and the like, yes…but anything else? No…plus to touch the abortion issue would be political suicide, therefore it’ll never happen any time soon! So, voting for someone purely on that basis I think is pretty ignorant.
Gay marriage. I have a hard time with gay marriage. I don’t think it’s right and I don’t think it can be legislated because marriage is a spiritual/religious act not a state act. Therefore, I feel strongly that gay marriage should be banned, but not by an amendment because that would infringe on the sepration of church and state. All of a sudden religious institutions would be told how to run which is a direct violation of the bill of rights (freedom of religion). **This sounds a lot like the slippery slope that so many republicans & political/religious zealots talk about** but I guess they’ll never use that excuse for this cause because they are so strongly against gay marriage. I don’t think gay marriage should really be an issue…you don’t really get married when you do it at the justice of the peace do you? It’s a legal document, a legal contract nothing more. When you get married it’s a spiritual act done in front of God. Leave marriage to the church to do what they want with it and leave the legal stuff to the courts. If someone wants to get married, they go to the church–if they want to make it legal, they go to the county clerk’s office, right? Yes. So, if someone wants to be legally united go to the county clerks office. I think the issue at hand should be more of a civil union one instead of a marriage.
So, I guess to vote for someone based one one or two political beliefs if fairlyl irresponsible. I think you need to look at the whole package. If you don’t agree with a person’s whole package, then don’t vote for them. If you do, vote for them…but don’t base your entire vote on one or two issues. I know people who won’t vote for someone if they are for abortion yet the rest of their political beliefs fall closely in line with what Jesus teaches…but when you look at the guy running against him who is anti-abortion and the rest of his political beliefs are complete opposites of what Jesus teaches. These people are Christians that do this. Does that make sense? No. But they do it because to be a Christian you must be a republican…or at least that’s what I’m told.
I don’t think this is the case at all. I think Jesus was neither republican nor democrat. I think Jesus believed (according to Mark Moore) in a monarchy, with him as King. Why do we as Christians get so bent out of shape over politics, when there are so many other things out there that we should be focusing on and dealing with?
Alright, I’m done now.
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