Christians and Politics – As the 2012 Presidential Election draws closer and also the mud slinging becomes worse, you can predict precisely what type of mud will probably be thrown. Specially when both presumed candidates have social and religious issues to manage. The true real question is: Possess the candidates made themselves fair game by choosing extreme positions on these things? I believe that the reply is a resounding ‘YES’. The president rode a huge wave of popularity into office during the last presidential election. People wanted change. If they got what they wanted is yet another debate. What’s certain is always that matters regarding his points of view which affect or include religious and social considerations that have been just about ignored or swept under the rug during the last go round, is not going to so easily vaporize now. Obama recently took the positioning of supporting Gay Marriage. You can debate that he was bullied into that proclamation by his Vice President who courts controversy each time he speaks in public places. However, the horse is out of the barn also it does not matter who is to blame. Precisely what does matter is how Conservative and Evangelical Christians, as well as those that pastor or attend churches which have primarily African-American congregations, will reply to Obama’s position on Gay Marriage. It would appear that most prominent Conservative and Evangelical Christian Leaders usually are not building a problem from the President’s Gay Marriage proclamation. That’s probably they do not consider him to become a Conservative or Evangelical Christian, and believe that his stand on just about anything affecting religious perspectives is inconsequential for them. It’s more interesting to remember what Christian Pastors and Leaders from your African-American community assert when questioned about Obama’s recent revelation regarding Gay Marriage. A few weeks ago I’d an interesting conversation with my spouse. I shared with her i believed Mitt Romney would never have the support he craves from Conservative and Evangelical Christians. The reason is because he can be a member and Elder of The Church Of Jesus of Latter-Day Saints. Many Conservative and Evangelical Christians wouldn’t be thinking about supporting his bid for the presidency because they believe he belongs to a cult. Within our conversation, Furthermore, i mentioned that Mitt Romney may possibly face stiff resistance from African-American Pastors and Leaders. Why? Because for just one hundred and fifty years the Latter-Day Saints taught that blacks were cursed. They refused to enable them to become a part of the LDS Priesthood. My prediction came true now. Rather than discussing President Obama’s get up on Gay Marriage when inquired about it, most African-American Pastors and Leaders began speaking out against Morman racism and Mitt Romney’s alleged support than it automagically. They mention that it wasn’t before 1970s that Mormans allowed blacks to become listed on the LDS priesthood which both Mitt Romney and his father were Elders in their religion. The problem now becomes which candidate voters who worry about these things are prepared to excuse for religious and social positions or affiliations. Obama has kept company in what many consider to be pastors and educators with extreme leftist political and social views. Most non-black voters will probably go beyond that because we all know at one time when African-Americans were horribly mistreated in this country. That left many black pastors and leaders with little choice but to take extreme positions against the establishment during those days. But Obama also faces some additional problems because those perceive he has placed his willingness to provide an affirmation for Gay Marriage along with a want to support his healthcare system most importantly of all including religious considerations. Obama’s individuals have been hammering religious institutions to show their back by themselves beliefs and only his one-size-fits-all health care system. A fast study of dyed inside the wool religious positions on things such as Abortion, Birth Control and Euthanasia should have provided obama using the conclusion how the public thought of his medical care system as supporting these items could have managed to get a non-starter. However it didn’t, his medical care bill passed and will probably wind up dying a sluggish death in the courts. As the President dances around every one of the issues that come from his support of Obama Care and Gay Marriage, Mitt Romney must arrive at grips with and try to answer the criticism about his wealth, decisions made during his business career and the extremes of his Faith. Meanwhile, many Americans feel they have been left with two bad options for President. It’s too bad that no one appears to be concerned about them. I take the position that no matter whom you vote for, you’re going to get the same thing: A politician so rapped up in their own personal ideology and so disconnected from average Americans which they cannot possibly do anything positive for anybody except themselves as well as their friends during office.
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