Posted on 06/14/2010 11:40:15 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An influential evangelical Christian group says it's standing by a pledge to sit out the governor's race this fall because neither of the major party candidates share its view on social issues.
The decision by the Iowa Family Policy Center is a blow to Republican Terry Branstad, who is relying on religious conservatives to be among the base of his support as he faces Democratic Gov. Chet Culver.
Danny Carroll, chairman of the Iowa Family Policy Center, has criticized Branstad for not giving greater emphasis to issues such as gay marriage and abortion. Carroll says in a statement released Monday it will take a "fundamental transformation" for the group to back either candidate.
Another powerful evangelical group, the Iowa Christian Alliance, supports Branstad.
Being a resident of eastern Iowa, I think this article is pure Bravo Sierra. There are ALOT of angry people here, while not thrilled with the prospect of Brandstad again, they are more pissed about culver and his ilk to sit this election out.
AP BS bilge.......and FUBO while we are at it
I live in W. Iowa(Council Bluffs) and I know that there are people here that would vote for Jeffery Dahmer or Ted Bundy over Chet.
I am in Cedar Falls, and being a transplant (3 yrs ago) to IA from Michigan, I am still not entirely up to speed on IA politics...I do understand that your neck of the woods is a bit more conservative than eastern IA, but there are a lot of conservatives here, too.
we are working hard already for our newly nominated GOP rep to unseat the commie Braley in November....gonna be a long, hot summer
Yeah.. We had Frepers sitting out the 2008 presidential election (or they said they would). You see the results.
yep,I live in Black Hawk, and work for Deere....(non-union, ya know), and while there are alot of union types here, there are still alot of conservatives.
They are some of the dumbest people in Iowa. They gave us Jimmy Carter (he's born again!) and voted once for Pat Robertson (a televangelist!)and last year the Huckster (a wannabe televangelist!)
Even though I agree with them on all the social issues, they need to realize we cannot win advancing preachers and there is more to governance than gays and abortion - which the governor has little say over.
They need to work on changing people's hearts and not boycotting decent conservatives with a chance to win in a state that leans pretty liberal.
The average voter is NOT saying "I lost my job. I'm going to lose my house. I have no money to feed the kids and my unemployment ran out two months ago. But hey, at least the gays aren't marrying."
My personal opinion is the BVP people who won’t vote or won’t vote for Branstad is a small slice of the party, getting smaller - mercifully.
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