Is it possible for a Christian to be a Democrat? I mean a really true Christian who believes in the sanctity of the life of the unborn, who believes that a marriage is between one man and one woman, and that it takes an intact family, not a village to raise a child?
Can one who is a Christian in clear concience belong to a party whose leaders all advocate for a womans right to choose to murder her unborn child and to allow marriage between any two consenting adults, reardless of their gender?
Can a Christian be willing to allow their children to be taught that it's OK to question your sexuality while as young as kindergartners? (or for that matter, at any age)
I don't know! I really don't know, but I know that being a Christian, I couldn't.
I know the Democrat candidates all make a big show of going to church, but as Joyce Meyer is fond of saying, "sitting in a church doesn't make you a Christian any more than sitting in your garage makes you a car".
While I wouldn't cast my vote for a candidate just because he was a Christian, neither could I cast a vote for a Republican who says he or she was a Christian yet still agrees with the policies of the Democrat party.
Mitt Romney has flip flopped on both the abortion and gay union issues. He was for them before he was against them. Is there something in the water in Massachusetts? Who knows what he really thinks? I'm not sure if he does.
Rudy Guliani has been " tolerent" of both. One the one hand he says that he is against abortion, personally, but defends a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy, murder her unborn child. On one or two other points, Rudy would limit your right to own firearms and made New York a sanctuary city for illegals while mayor.
Fred Thompson has said he is opposed to abortion, but as a senator, voted for the Partial Birth abortion act of 2000. He believes that a marriage is between a man and a woman and needs no constitutional amendment to define it. On that point I agree.
John McCain is pretty much against abortion and gay marriage and has a good voting record on those issues, but he co-authored McCain/Feingold and joined with Ted Kennedy to offer amnesty to illegal aliens, so while he takes a conservative stance on the first two issues, he sure leans left on some others.
Mike Huckabee opposes both abortion and gay unions, but is not a fiscal conservative, having raised taxes while governor of Arkansas more than once.
Ron Paul opposes abortion and as an OB/GYN doctor, says he has never seen an instance where an abortion was necessary to save the life of the mother. He believes that a marriage is defined as between a man and a woman, but that we need no constitutional amendment to define it. He has also stated that you shouldn't need a licence from government to marry, but that it should be done by the church.
Duncan Hunter is strongly opposed to abortion and supports a constitutional amendment prohibiting it. He is opposed to gay unions.
I'm not sure if Alan Keyes is still in the race, but his position on abortion is legend, and also who comprises a marriage. I truly believe he is a good Christian.
Every Democrat candidate believes that abortion is a right that is unalienable, and that there should be laws that allow gay marriage or civil unions. They are also all in favor of increasing taxes on "the rich", meaning most of us, would gladly take away your right to own a firearm, and would force us all to pay into a "free" government health care plan.