My wife and I had a couple over for a New Year’s Eve dinner we’ve been friends with for years. The couple are both southerners, strong fiscal/social conservatives, and steadfastedly evangelical.
Both of them point blank said they would never vote for Newt Gingrich even though they detest Obama. She considers it a matter of principle. It is because of his three marriages (cheating on his wife). I tried making the lesser of the two evils argument and it was not pursuasive.
They are both hoping that Santorum does well and are interested in hearing more about him.
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I hear about people like this and I want to SCREAM.
What does the concept of Forgiveness mean to them? Or do they prescribe to a cafeteria style Christianity?
I suppose they see themselves as the final judges on a person’s behavior.
Does the issue of abortion resonate with them at ALL?
Makes me ill to think people like this are out there. I’m sure they’re nice folks and I’m sorry — I mean nothing personal by it. But it’s such shortsighted reasoning.
You can forgive somebody, and trust that God has forgiven him, and still deem him unsuited for the highest office in the land, can't you?
Give her a stone and tell her to throw it at Newt, if she dare.
It’s not a matter of principle, it’s more about her self righteousness.
This will show if she is a christian for looks or for real. People like that aren’t nice, they just want to appear nice and are ‘religious’. The type Jesus rebuked.