[unspun]

This does not help. The religious are already voting Republican. We are down to converting the moderates and undecideds, and they are largely frightened of the power of the "Religious Fundamentalists" and this is going to scare many away.

WADR, even evangelical Christians in 2000 voted only about 60% to 40%, for Bush over Gore. There is much, much work to be done by those who give themselves nominal labels, while living according to their own ephemeral and faulty desires.

If people are frightened by the involvement of God in His world, they can pay attention and learn about that which frightens them.

[Servant of the 9]

If people are frightened by the involvement of God in His world, they can pay attention and learn about that which frightens them.

I don't think they are frightened of God's presence in politics.
They are afraid of loudmouthed preachers like Pat Robertson and Jimmy Swaggert who claim that God has spoken to them personally, and that to disagree with them is to defy God.

So9

[viaveritasvita]

Not to mention that a huge number of evangelicals didn't even bother to vote!!

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[WhatNot]

I believe that one of the reasons Evangelicals tended to stay away from the polling place in 2000, was that they felt betrayed by the first President Bush. In his election to office, Evangelicals banded together and put George H.W Bush into office. In 2000 they were not convinced that Bush's son would be any more conservative then his father was, so they stayed home.

At this year's GOP convention, anti-gay marriage and anti-abortion messages, were not included in prime-time speeches. However, I pray that in these years following the Clinton Presidency, Evangelicals now realize, that voting or (not voting) strickly on single issues such as these, does not necessarily further the conservative social agenda. I hope at this point in the game, evangelical leaders are not only tuned in and informing themselves, but also doing what 1 Peter 5:1-4 says, "Shepard the flock of God among you, exercising oversight." Informing their flocks about where God stands on the important issues, can do more to defeat Kerry than anything else that happens in the next few weeks.