Simple answer, right up front (this is sounding familiar), none! Yep, you read that right, there is no “party” that truly supports Christian beliefs. In my opinion, the Republican and Constitution Parties are the closest, but still do not quite fill my bill on a platform. That said though, a party does NOT matter, it is the person to be elected!
Parties:
As an example, the Democratic Party believes and stands up for abortion which is clearly against the teachings of the Bible as it is murder with a capital M. They even push this as far as “late term partial birth abortion”, where all but the head of the baby is birthed as normal then they kill it before the head comes out. They are so sick as to believe that if the baby’s head is not out, it is not born.
Abortion is not enough, the platform stands up for embryonic stem cell usage to the point of cloning. This is murder and a massive scale. I know, people claim that it is needed to combat all kinds of sickness, but that does not justify taking a life to try giving it to another. Besides the moral issues, there is great work being done with non-embryonic stem cells or even those from umbilical cords, but that is not enough, they must turn this into murder! How long can it be before people go around hacking other people up for body parts…
Most democratic hopefuls believe in a strong separation of Church in State to a point it was never meant. They want to take God out of anything public related in any way to the government. Under this system they force people to check their religious beliefs at the door of any government institution or event. I find it interesting that the party platform documents calls on the name of God several times, while wanting to hinder religious freedoms.
The Constitution Party has a number of policies to which I do not agree. I do not agree with capital punishment, nor the elimination of the educational system nor humans services. It probably does not matter though, with the small numbers of this party, it would be amazing if anyone was elected for many, many, many years to come.
Recently, various government officials from different parties showed their lack of values by, in one form or another, supporting torture. This is wrong on so many levels. If this country uses practices of those we oppose, we no longer have a right to say anything! This country should hold itself to a higher level of morals than those we condemn.
Individuals:
Parties are out, there is no reason to follow party lines, it does nothing but divide! We need to focus on the individual. It is up to us to give our vote to those that we believe in and not because they have a certain label. Remember “we the people”, not just a certain party!
Okay, so now we look to the individuals. How can we responsibly cast a vote and what does it mean? I believe that when we vote for someone, we stand with them on what we know about them. Nobody that calls themselves a Christian should ever vote for a person that supports issues the Bible clearly is against, those that would, I have to wonder on just what is their true level of faith. How can a person that believes the Bible and knows that abortion is an act of murder place their vote for someone that supports killing babies?
Well, you might say “but the person will help our economy or they support health care or they…”. It is a simple matter, if they support issues such as abortion or any other act that is against Word of God, you should not vote for them, period!
What about if there is no candidate that qualifies? This has happened to me before and I simple put a “write in” on the ballot for “none of the above”. Some might think that is silly, but actually is sad because it shows that Christians were not active enough to make sure there was a quality candidate on the ballot.
It is time that Christians take up their responsibility and BE “the salt of the earth”! I pray that God convicts everyone’s socks off when they go to vote! If everyone that claims to be a Christian would vote a Christian ballot, this county would be different! Salt or to be cast on the dung pile, which shall it be?