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One presidential candidate of a major party voted into law the ‘Unborn Victims of Violence Act’ also called the ‘Laci and Conner’s Law’ that makes it a crime to harm a fetus during an assault on a pregnant woman. It took five years to get through Congress but it passed. This candidate values the life of a fetus God created.

The other presidential candidate of a major party voted against the ‘Laci and Conner’s Law’ not giving value to life inside a women’s womb. As a follower of Christ, I cannot vote for that candidate even if all the other non-moral issues hurt me financially.

God is the Author of Life and we have no right to take that life unless God has set the reasons for taking a life. It is here the issue of the death penalty comes in.

The Lord hates hands that shed innocent blood. (Proverbs 6:16-17, NIV)

The life of a child inside the women’s womb is so precious to the Lord that it was addressed in the Torah by Moses.

"If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.” (Exodus 21:22-25, NIV)

These verses are talking about the unborn baby’s life. The unborn baby’s life is so valued too that a life is to be given for a life that is taken.

As followers of Christ, we can give our vote to those who will try to make a difference for the unborn in government. One candidate already shows that he wants to make a difference. In the verse above we read, ‘and the court allows’ which gives power to the courts.

Whoever wins this election, probably will get to appoint Supreme Court Justices to fill vacancies that occur. The candidate we vote for will determine what kind of Supreme Court Justices we will have who will play a major role in the abortion legal fight. There are those who believe that abortion should not be legislated but we see in Exodus, the seriousness of injury to the unborn too!

I am willing to vote for candidates who are Pro-Life. I believe helping to save the lives of innocent unborn is one of the best things we can do in this election. Only one candidate can help make that a reality because the other candidate is Pro-Choice which leaves it to the women whether she wants to abort her baby or not.

Abortion is not just a biblical issue but according to Probe, there are medical, legal, and philosophical arguments against abortion too.

If other candidates who are running for office are both Pro-Choice, then I look at candidates who can best help the presidential candidate in the overall votes in the House and Senate that deal with Pro-Life issues.

Abortions may not directly affect you and me unless we know of someone who has had an abortion but it is not about us and should not be about us. Let us be a voice for the innocent blood of babies that cry out because they are being slaughtered without being brought into this world. Only one presidential candidate will uphold this biblical value of valuing the precious life of an unborn.

But, how can we base our entire vote on one issue you may be thinking?

This is a major issue that affects the life of the unborn. Hypothetically imagine that the issues mentioned above are all relevant issues but instead of abortion, the issue becomes persecution of followers of Christ.

Hypothetically, if one candidate was willing to persecute Christians, even if you agreed with that candidate on all the other issues he wanted to implement, are you going to give him your vote?

We have a candidate who does not seem to mind if the unborn are persecuted to death the way he has voted. The unborn cannot fight for themselves and need you to fight for them. If you are for the life of the unborn, please make your vote count this Nov 02, 04 for the candidate who does not want to see the unborn slaughtered. even if you have issues with other non-moral issues. I write this with watery eyes. I believe when we are for moral issues that are biblical, all the other things will fall in place.

This however does not mean the other issues do not mean much but there are issues that should be at the forefront that are asking for our vote. The candidates’ stance on abortion is a major issue for me and hope it is for you too.

Abortion deals with the unborn but there is another issue that deals with the living. I am referring to ‘Gay Marriage’. When I think about the Bible, what comes to my mind is Breathe In Bible Live Eternally! According to Psalm 139, the Lord is He who forms our body and it is not up to any doctor to kill the body that has been formed. The Lord has given us His Word as our instruction manual to live our lives. We need to breathe in the Word of God and let it become a daily part of our lives as breathing is. As we follow the Word of God, we will live eternally with Jesus Christ!

What does it have to do with Gay Marriage you may wonder?

Scripture is totally against the act of homosexuality and we have two candidates who have differing views on the issue. Before sharing their views, I wanted to share with you why ‘Gay Marriage’ is a major issue for me after the issue of abortion.

Biblical scripture states, “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God…Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body” (1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 18-20, NIV)

These verses emphasize how bad the act of homosexuality is among other vices too but there is also hope too. ‘And that is what some of you were’ meaning what they used to be was wrong, but what they have become is changed in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

If the act of homosexuality is bad then how much worse is being married to another person of the same gender. Let it be known having homosexual tendencies or temptation is not a sin but giving into it is.

In the beginning God created Adam and then He created Eve to be a companion for Adam. Throughout Scripture, marriage has been between man and woman. If we say we are a follower of Jesus Christ then we have a duty to follow His Word.

“Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:22-24, NIV)

We read ‘a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.’ As Jesus was speaking he told the crowds too, “But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." (Mark 10:6-9, NIV)

Jesus tells the crowds that God made them male and female and they are the ones to be married. Marriage has always been defined as a union between a man and a woman. This is what God desires and wants His followers to support too. Yet, when we decide our vote does not matter because we think neither candidate will bring us closer to God, we are not supporting what our Lord stands for. We also then give the other candidate the opportunity to win because those who are for abortion and Gay Marriage intend to come out in full force to vote.

History will show and has shown where the definition of marriage has been anything but between a man and a woman, troubles have occurred and lives have been affected negatively. All you have to do is look at the statistics of Scandanavian countries that legalized ‘Gay Marriage’.

Now a state Supreme Court from where one of the presidential candidates is from has legalized ‘Gay Marriage’ in that state and some elected officials in other states decided to hand out marriage licenses for homosexual partners to be married. This is not what our Lord wants for America which was founded on Judea-Christian principles. This however does not mean that the founders were flawless for they made terrible mistakes in the past and I hope they repented before their death.