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Values and Voting

How do you decide who to vote for? Do you look at the candidate's character? personality? stance on issues? For most of us, we use some sort of subjective mix and prioritizing of a candidates qualities. When we evaluate their stances on issues we, consciously or unconsciously, choose to prioritze the importance of issues. What issues are most important to you? The economy? The war? Social issues? Moral issues? When I evaluate a candidate or party, values issues rise to the top of my priority list. I want to know where they stand on important moral/ethical issues (not necessarily in this order) such as:
  • Abortion
  • Marriage
  • Euthanasia (killing the old, sick, and terminally ill)
  • Stem Cell Research
  • Cloning
  • Gambling

We must always keep in mind that there is no perfect party or candidate (or human, we are all sinners!).

http://ivotevalues.com/ is a great resource for keeping informed on the issues, political parties, and politicians.

When you vote over the course of this next month (I hope and pray you will excercise that right), what issues will you choose to prioritize and evaluate candidates on? I vote values. (and did so today!) “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness” (1 Tim. 2:1-2) “For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men” (1 Pet. 2:15)

Three Courts, Three Strikes Against Marriage

Three Courts, Three Strikes Against Marriage "The nation’s third smallest state has just found a prominent place on a withering social landscape: Connecticut now becomes the third state to legalize same-sex “marriage.” Not surprisingly, the egregious decision was made not by the will of the people but by the judicial fiat of a court."
"The courts can—and undoubtedly will—continue to strike against marriage. The only sure means to keep courts from reducing marriage to rubble is to pass an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Until that day, pro-family Americans should lend their support to the passage of state marriage amendments. Some can vote in November. Others can give toward those efforts. All can pray." Posted using ShareThis
Dr. Albert Mohler comments on the gay marriage trend, expanding more on California's Proposition 8 to "define marriage as the union of a man and a woman -- period" and a recent field trip of San Fransico 1st graders to participate in their teacher's lesbian wedding.
Some other troubling developments this week...
Chicago is planning on opening the "School for Social Justice Pride Campus" for its gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students.
A woman music elementary school teacher in California returned to campus this Fall with surgery and other superficial attempts to appear to have a new gender as a man. The school failed to inform any parents because of "privacy rights."

Cell Phones vs. the Bible

I seldom forward emails, but received one this past week that really struck me and wanted to share (without forwarding or creating ultimatums for sharing :))

Ever wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone? What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets? What if we flipped through it several time a day? What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it? What if we used it to receive messages from the text? What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it? What if we gave it to kids as gifts? What if we used it when we traveled? What if we used it in case of emergency? This is something to make you go....hmm...where is my Bible? Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don't have to worry about our Bible being disconnected, because Jesus already paid the bill. Makes you stop and think about where are my priorities? And no dropped calls!

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