Here is what my pastor said on this topic:
“I’ve been asked a lot whether an evangelical Christian should vote for a presidential candidate who is a Mormon. Here is my response:
You’re not voting for a pastor or an elder, or a church, you’re voting for a President. If you vote for
Mitt Romney you vote to support someone who will protect the unborn, support marriage (as defined as one woman married to one man), is committed to family, believes in freedom of religion and a strong defense of your country. You are not being asked to vote for Mormonism. If you vote for a Jewish candidate you’re not voting for Judaism.
It’s significant that the current President has said he is an evangelical. Yet, most evangelical Christians find the moral agenda of the current administration conflicts with their cherished Christian values.
The current administration’s disregard for the rights of religious groups to practice their faith in regard to birth control and abortion is alarming. Many see it as a first step to the government legislating what the church may or may not do.
I think of it this way: if I needed heart surgery and was able to choose between a Christian doctor who had lost a lot of patients or a Mormon cardiologist who was successful, —I would choose the successful cardiologist.
I also hear that there are some who have decided not to vote because they don’t like either candidate. We must understand that we will never agree completely with any candidate (unless we were voting for ourselves! LOL). Yet we make a decision based upon which candidate fills most of the values we hold.
You must understand that to choose not to vote IS a choice and is irresponsible in a country where tens of thousands of brave men and women have died to give us and maintain for us, this privilege.
To use eschatology as a reason not to vote is also irresponsible. Yes, we know that the Lord is coming, but we are to pray for open doors to share the Gospel before Jesus returns. An educated vote may keep the doors open for four more years and keep them open for many years to come. The Scriptures also teach us that we should support the nation of Israel and receive God’s blessing. We must prayerfully consider which of the candidates set before us has made a very clear commitment to stand with Israel as she faces the possibility of another holocaust.
I’d also encourage everyone to go to the Center for Arizona Policy and get information of the candidates and ballot propositions: http://azvoterguide.com/
I encourage everyone to become fully informed and seek the Lord’s guidance and wisdom and vote their conscience.”
Great response. I might need to use this.
Nailed it.
I have and my conscience and my Christ "say do not vote for a man who denies Me."
I am fully informed about mormonism, unfortunately, most are not.
If you vote for Mitt Romney you vote to support someone who will protect the unborn, support marriage (as defined as one woman married to one man), is committed to family, believes in freedom of religion and a strong defense of your country.
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Oh dear your pastor is wrong in so many of those ...
1. Willard is lifelong pro-abortion
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2. Willard is the father of same sex marrige...(and belongs to a religion that adheres to polygamy for advancement to godhood...)
3. Willard has been proxy to dead dunk non-mormos int oimormonism a religion they probably hated or objected to..
4. Willard used to go to the doors of Christians and tell them they were going to Hell because they were not Mortmons
5 Willard is a 2 time draft dodger..
6.theres no proof he believes inb a strong defense and miliary
7 Willard wants gays in the miitary...thats a dumbing down and weakened defense...
your pastor is a far wiser man than some of the pretend purists around here - bless him, and hopefully god will bless some of the blind with wisdom before Election Day