The bible is clear that we are to help those who LEGITAMATELY need help. The bible would say "widows who are widows indeed." On the able bodied the bible says "if they don't work they don't eat." Sounds like compassionate conservatism to me.
If a woman had a child and its father died, should this child be helped? The black ministers are saying yes because the child is fatherless and this is scriptural. Many republicans say no because this is a handout.I've seen numerous posts on why blacks will not vote for a republican or why blacks say republicans are racist. And they are all answered by people with a limited view of the problem.
Now whether you agree or not this post answered many of the questions about why blacks view republicans as racists, why blacks will not vote republican, why blacks can say they are christians but will not vote for a republican etc. They believe that even though republicans scream they are christians they are not doing one of the fundamental things that the bible says you should do, help the legitimately poor. We on the other hand accuse them of not being christians when they vote for a person that agrees with abortions, but why tackle abortions when you believe that you can't get people to help the ones that are already here?
What was that chapter/verse?