politics
Single-Issue Voting
There are many who would say that single-issue voting is misinformed and unwise. I disagree. Abortion is an issue significant enough that it will be a determining factor in each vote I cast. Slavery would have been a similar issue, back in the day. Here is what John Piper has to say on the subject:
No endorsement of any single issue qualifies a person to hold public office. Being pro-life does not make a person a good governor, mayor, or president. But there are numerous single issues that disqualify a person from public office. For example, any candidate who endorsed bribery as a form of government efficiency would be disqualified, no matter what his party or platform was. Or a person who endorsed corporate fraud (say under $50 million) would be disqualified no matter what else he endorsed. Or a person who said that no black people could hold office - on that single issue alone he would be unfit for office…
I believe the endorsement of the right to kill unborn children disqualifies a person from any position of public office…
These reflections have confirmed my conviction never to vote for a person who endorses such an evil - even if he could balance the budget tomorrow and end all taxation.
I encourage you to read the rest of the article. Piper does give room for convictions about other issues that would disqualify a person from public office, but I would say that no matter what, for the Christian, abortion has to be one of them. Whether we like it or not, the President of the United States does have influence and power over lawmaking in this area, whether directly or indirectly. And it is horrifying that a person who endorses the murder of the innocent unborn can hold the highest political position in this country. Horrifying but not surprising, thinking of what past Presidents endorsed - think of the slave trade.
Millions of lives hang in the balance, and one thing we have the power to do is vote for a candidate who values those lives.
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
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