If you are "pro-life" and voted for Obama...
...what made you decide to vote for him?
I've heard and read a lot of comments from Christians saying that they don't understand how someone who is "pro-life" could vote for Obama. Yet I know of a lot of Christians - and many pro-life advocates - who did.
If you are either or both, and did, would you share with me what brought you to that decision.
No rocks, no stones - just sincere curiosity.
And if you are pro-life and voted for McCain, and you leave a note bashing or Bible thumping anyone else, I will delete it. You do have a right to your opinion, but this post and it's comments are not the place for them. Feel free to blog about it and send me the link instead.
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Furthermore, I really dislike the coined terms "pro-life" and "pro-choice" ... they both sound like good things... and really, pro-choice can be anything. Pro-choice could even be taken for all personal liberties. People should just call it what it is. Pro-abortion, and anti-abortion like it used to be.
Anyway, if anyone is wondering, I proudly voted for Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party! :D
Great question! I have wrestled with this because of all the flack I've taken at church for being a Christian AND a Democrat. I do not vote based solely on the abortion or gay marriage issues. I do vote based on the overall package and this time around the economy is a big one. Some have called me greedy...indicating I am not trusting God. I think that is just another form of bashing. All I want is for people to be able to keep as much of their hard earned money as possible and to have a comfortable life with the ability to tithe and give back to their communities. There are more poverty stricken people right now than in many, many years. Historically, the middle class and lower suffers financially when there is a Republican president. That is how I decided to vote for Obama.
That being said, I am most certainly not pro-abortion. However, I do regard pro-choice as allowing a woman to have control over her body. I think a woman should have a choice. We cannot legislate righteousness on anyone. The problem, and this is my BIG PRAYER, is that the Bible has been taken out of schools. The fundamentals of Jesus' teachings are so foreign to so many young people and their parents and their parents because the Bible has been gone from public education for almost fifty years. We need to start at the foundation of the problem. Young people need to know why it is God's will for them to abstain from sex before marriage in the first place. They need to know why, in the event of an unplanned pregnancy, abortion is considered murder in God's eyes. So many don't. I did not when I was young and I had gone to church....but, not a Bible studying church. I truly believe that if abortion is illegal, then women will continue to have them, but have them in an unsafe manner. The fact remains, many do not know the real reason to not have abortions.
so that's my little rant...
For me, it's about all the issues, not just one. I think the biggest issue facing our country right now is the economy and federal deficit. People say that Democrats are all about bigger government and more taxes but Clinton at least balanced the budget. Bush (who I voted for in 2004) has us in a dangerous position worldwide and yet keeps on spending and giving tax cuts. Pretty soon, China is going to own the U.S. Don't get me wrong, tax cuts are great. But with your personal budget, you don't start working less hours thus bringing in less income when you're already hugely in debt. That's what our country continues to do.
This was a difficult decision for me. On most of the "quizzes" I took, I was almost 50/50 with the candidates. It was in the 2nd debate that Obama won me over. Not with his smooth talk, but because I agreed with more of what he said. Would I have been devastated if McCain won? Not at all. I think he's a truly, honorable man. I just don't agree with his policies quite as much.
Truth of the matter is, if Roe v. Wade was overturned it would just go back to the states to decide, and some would choose yes, and others no, and the number of people who had abortions wouldn't alter much. So voting for someone based soley on whether or not they'd uphold this is almost a moot point.