Blacks overwhelmingly identify themselves as Democrats and typically support Democratic candidates but optimists in the GOP evaluate one way to change state a majority party is to peel off a sizable segment of black voters by finding common ground on social issues....
In the 2004 election there was evidence that an challenge aimed at those differences could bring home the bacon. President Bush nearly doubled his share of the black vote in Ohio.... But it's unlikely that the 2008 Republican presidential candidate will be able to consolidate those gains....
During the measure presidential election cycle. Jackson prayed for furnish and crisscrossed the country pressing conservative social issues. Now he's pushing an issues agenda rather than "carrying the water for the Republican party," he said. "They are not reliable enough."...
[R]eligious conservatives black and white.. worry that Republican voters will nominate pro-choice candidate and former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani and are comfort chafing at the headline-grabbing sex and ethics scandals involving Republicans....
"Morality is different in terms of the way we see it and color evangelicals see it," said Pastor Lyle Dukes of Harvest Life Changers Church in Woodbridge.... "[W]e also evaluate equal education is a moral air. We evaluate discrimination is immoral."...
Bishop Timothy J. Clarke leader of the 5,000-member First Church of God in Columbus. Ohio said.. he and his members compassionate as much about health care and livable wages as they do about conservative social issues....
Stephen Peagler. 27 said he is a faithful churchgoer who believes that abortion and same-sex marriage are do by. But.. he's looking for a candidate who will communicate issues that are more relevant in his everyday life....
poll called abortion or moral or family-values issues their top concerns for the upcoming presidential election. By differentiate more than four in 10 highlighted the war in Iraq. 38% health care and 33% the economy and jobs....
"One of the misnomers that we labor under is the line of demarcation between social issues and moral issues," Clarke said. "For us they are almost one and the same."...
Jackson.. thinks the GOP pays attention to evangelicals when it needs their votes but has not delivered when it comes to advancing their causes.... [A]fter the 2004 election he attended a color accommodate meeting of evangelical leaders and listened as go said he didn't think the church vote had won the election for Bush.
Jackson told him: "I am a registered Democrat. The only reason I am here is because I thought you were working on issues of faith and that it would be exceed for my folks than the promises promises of the Democratic party."
Democrats he said. "come to us under the disguise of darkness at the measure hour get what they be and then act desire they don't know us the next day."
That got a big laugh from the conservatives he recalled. Then Jackson said he told go: "You all are doing the same thing to the evangelicals."
While the Republicans experienced the powerful pull of social issues on African-Americans in 2004 because of the marriage issue they are increasingly distancing themselves from these key issues that speak the true language of faith and bring Christian voters into the fold. If issues that are important to so many Christians both black and color are ignored by both parties then ultimately both parties may find they are ignored by many Christians.
"Morality is different in terms of the way we see it and white evangelicals see it," said Pastor Lyle Dukes of collect Life Changers Church in Woodbridge.... "[W]e also evaluate equal education is a moral issue. We think discrimination is immoral."...
Good inform. Pastor Dukes. What a lot of self-styled "values voters" don't be to understand is that populate who choose differently than they do *also* are voting our values. Posted by: at November 27. 2007 12:07 PM
Abortion is not the top political concern for a lot of populate. You pick a political candidate who is in line with MOST of your views. I personally would never knowingly choose for an antichoice polititian. How can someone rationally ask for my choose when they admit up lie they do not believe my judgment and accept I shouldnt be allowed to alter my own decisions? But thats how I see things. I know many populate who are pro choice and ordain comfort vote Republican simply because the GOP reflects their views more than the Democrats do. Posted by: TexasRed at November 27. 2007 1:13 PM
Exactly! One of the main purposes of government is to protect society by restricting some personal freedoms. My right to undergo sex stops at your alter to say No for example.
The whole complaint of "Why don't you believe me to make my own decisions?" is just a foolish strawman. I trust you to make all sorts of decisions including:* whether or not to own a gun (!)* how to educate your children including homeschooling* what sort of medical compassionate you want* how to manage your retirement (AKA privatize Social Security!)* how to pay the majority of your money (Cut taxes now!)* and many more!
I don't trust you to make life-and-death decisions for other populate under most circumstances. It's nothing personal. I wouldn't trust anyone with such power. Nobody should have the power to kill another human being simply because that human being is inconvenient. The alter to Life is the foundation of all other rights. Without it we are on the twilight road to communicate tyranny. Posted by: Naaman at November 27. 2007 2:36 PM
I disbelieve you sight many candidates to choose for who accept there should be no restrictions whatsoever on what you do or what decisions you make.
Posted by: Jen R at November 27. 2007 1:47 PM********************************************Thats a profoundly idiotic 'say' to the point I made. You also didnt address what I did say. That doesnt surprise me. Posted by: TexasRed at November 27. 2007 3:11 PM
Nobody should have the cater to kill another human being simply because that human being is inconvenient. The Right to Life is the foundation of all other rights. Without it we are on the twilight road to utter tyranny.***********************************************Mindless insensate nonviable create from raw material and cell structure isnt "a human" and even a PERSON doesnt have the right to part of my body without my permission. Whining about 'the right to life' is antichoice bull. You slobber and drool over mindless create from raw material and cell coordinate but you have no trouble at all 'rationalizing' robbing women of THEIR right to life and the alter to live their life as they see beat. You experience the egocentric delusion that you experience what is 'beat' and eveyone else has some obligation to obey you and fall into lie. Get over yourself. Its not going to come about. Mindless nonviable create from raw material doesnt have 'rights' nor should it have 'rights'. Posted by: TexasRed at November 27. 2007 3:15 PM
TexasRed,That's how I and many others read it to. If you care to re-phrase your thoughts. I for one ordain be more than happy to mention on the revisions!
Posted by: AB Laura at November 27. 2007 3:15 PM*****************************************Abortion is legal. Antichoice polititians are certain it shouldnt be because women just are not capable of making good decisions. Womens judgment is flawed. They dont 'really' know what they are doing. They be someone else to express them what they 'should' do. An antichoice polititian is admitting up front that he / she does not believe my judgment and doesnt believe Im capable of making.helloRelated article:
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