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Legalizing ‘Gay Marriage’ in one state caused such an uproar that Bible believing Christians and those for the sanctity of marriage fought for the ‘Federal Marriage Amendment’ that one of the presidential candidate supports. It was defeated because there were those who voted against the FMA. One of the presidential candidates opposed the FMA.

Ask yourself if you want candidates who support what Jesus defined as marriage or candidates that support Gay Marriage.

You have the power to vote the candidate that will uphold the sanctity of marriage. That is the same candidate that has fought for the life of the unborn.

Four years ago, 17 million Evangelical Christians did not vote but my prayer is this time they will take action. Don’t let anyone tell you that your vote does not matter and no candidate will bring us closer to God. No candidate is perfect but there are candidates that are against taking the life of the unborn and preserving the sanctity of marriage. Recently, 70% of voters in Missouri voted for the ban on gay marriage.

These past four years, one candidate signed into law the ban on partial-birth abortion and the ‘Unborn Victims of Violence Act’ while the other candidate decided not to vote on ‘the ban on partial-birth abortion’, the cloture vote for the ‘Federal Marriage Amendment’ that he opposed, and also voted against the ‘Unborn Victims of Violence Act’. It is very striking that this candidate has missed 2/3 of the votes in the Senate. It made me wonder if he did not vote because he did not want people to know his vote on those issues.

My brothers and sisters in Christ, we are not electing someone to run a theocratic government but a democratic government. Yet, we can elect someone who will be against abortion and gay marriage that the Biblical scripture speaks against. The Bible speaks on a lot of issues that are not limited to these two but I believe when these two issues are addressed, the Lord will help the candidate to flourish in the other issues that will bring the Lord honor and glory.

You can seek the Lord and make your vote count. We do not know the results but what we can be sure of is that we have done our part and the rest is in the Lord’s hands.

There are so many issues facing the nation this election time but it is important to realize when moral issues are tackled head on, the nation will be in a better footing. To make that happen we need a president that will prevent courts from having activist justices on the bench but those who will uphold what the Constitution really was meant for. When there is moral rot within the leadership of a nation, the nation suffers more.

           One candidate seems to want to be a friend for all and in the process he compromises where he stands on issues just to receive people’s votes. The other candidate has not changed his ideals on what he believes in. Morality is what keeps a nation stable and everything else will fall in place. Without morality what kind of nation will we be!

           There are those who want gun control but there are already laws for gun control. The Second Amendment gives the right for people to bear arms. When it comes to gun control, both candidates are not completely for it. Even if one candidate was for gun control, it is not a moral issue but a legal issue. It is a good thing to have guns off the street and I believe in time it will happen. The key issues for me are abortion and gay marriage.

            I believe all the other issues are mainly self-serving issues.

             Even if they are not and one candidate scores highly on all of them but is not for the unborn and not for ‘Federal Marriage Amendment’, do you want him to be the Commander-in-Chief, who has to answer to the Lord?

           I know I don’t want a candidate who is against those issues because when those issues are tackled, I believe the Lord will give the candidate wisdom to handle the other issues.

I believe the ‘War on Terror’ and the ‘Iraq War’ too will be better handled with the presidential candidate who is against abortion and gay marriage. He already has in place his administration from four years ago. It is hard to know where the other candidate really stands on this issue. You can check out Presidential Candidate on Iraq Documentary. Both candidates desire to help the poor, have racial reconciliation, improve education, the economy, and help with health care. The major differences I see are on the issues of Abortion, Gay Marriage, and the ‘War on Terror’.

Will you as a follower of Christ make a difference in this election and vote for the candidate who has proven himself on his stance on life-death moral issues?

You do matter and your vote counts in the larger scheme of things. It can be easy to think that you are just one person and what can your vote do, but you have the power to keep the candidate who is against abortion and gay marriage, etc in office and allow new candidates for these issues into office. You have the right to vote and you can make it count. Yes, you maybe just one person who decides to go out and vote but all the 1’s add up and eventually thousands come to the poll to vote.

No candidate is perfect. Even in biblical times, King David was not perfect but Scripture states that he was a man after God’s own heart. He repented of his wrong doings and the Lord helped him govern the kingdom even through trials and tribulations. When we put a candidate in office who we believe will uphold biblical values, it is best for the country. Whatever is forbidden in Scripture is for our benefit and not to hurt us. We do hurt ourselves and the country when we do not vote or vote for those who do not uphold biblical values.

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.” (2 Chronicles 7:14-15, NIV)

Again no one is perfect but there is a saying that it is better to vote ‘for the lesser of the evils’. In other words, you may not think neither candidate is going to bring us closer to God, but the right candidate can make a difference and with our prayers for our leaders, we can see change.

One of the verses that made an impact on me has been, “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.” (Matthew 16:25-27, NIV)

May we make our vote count through Jesus Christ our Lord! Amen!

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