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Do we need another “person of faith”?

Started by ybpguide · 9 måneder dage siden

Much has been written about how blacks – specifically Southern, small-town, and/or Christian blacks – helped Bush get “elected” in 2004.
But will anyone be able to count on the black “God vote” next year?
With so many candidates wearing & ... Continue reading »

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  • Carlus R. Henry

    1 år dage siden

    I am a recent subscriber to this blog. I think that you are doing a positive thing here, provoking thought and dialogue, and I think that it is time that I become part of the conversation.

    I have been struggling with this very thing for the past year or two. Faith and Politics, how do they co-exist. I think that we do need someone in the White House to be a "person of faith", but from the likes of which has never been seen. What we lack from our leaders in the political arena, who tout their faith badges, is consistency. For example, the Right claims to be the based on Christian moral values. They loudly condemn abortion, professing the sacredness of human life. At the same time, they are supporters of capital punishment. Wait a minute, I thought they valued the sacredness of human life? If you are going to take a faith-based moral stance, that stance should be consistent across the board. I would welcome a "person of faith" into the White House that did just that.
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  • Demetrius Pinder

    1 år dage siden

    Well, I'm not a religious person, but, I do believe in God. I guess I can consider myself agnostic.

    I believe that this nation really needs to stop voting based on a person's religious beliefs. After all, this is a diverse nation and people believe all sorts of different things.

    That's why there is a separation of church and state. Yes, it's important to know a candidates morals, but voting for a man because he claims to believe in God and Christianity (and turns around to commits heinous acts of violence) just seems like the wrong way to vote.

    So, I say no, we do not need another person of faith. That will not save this country.
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  • Shaneen Clarke

    6 måneder dage siden

    It's not in the matter of religion to make it as a basis on the potential of a candidate but on his personality.
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