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Evangelical Leaders Back Universal Background Checks for Gun Buyers
Religion Today ^ | 18 March 2013 | Tiffany Owens

Posted on 03/19/2013 11:29:47 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper

Two of the nation’s leading evangelicals are throwing their weight behind President Barack Obama’s push for universal background checks for all gun buyers, a measure that faces stiff opposition in both the House and Senate.

Rev. Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, and Dr. Richard Land from the Southern Baptist Convention told TIME Magazine they supported the proposal.

“As ministers, we agreed together that we could stand on a united front for universal background checks,” Graham said. “We think that’s reasonable and responsible.”

(Excerpt) Read more at religiontoday.com ...


TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; evangelicals; guncontrol; gungrabbers; guns; liberty; secondamendment
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1 posted on 03/19/2013 11:29:47 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper
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To: big'ol_freeper

They don’t speak for me.

I don’t consider them my “leaders”.


2 posted on 03/19/2013 11:31:18 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: big'ol_freeper
Two support it.

All the other oppose it

3 posted on 03/19/2013 11:31:24 AM PDT by grobdriver (Vivere liberi aut mori)
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To: big'ol_freeper

I wonder how they would feel about required background checks prior to purchasing religious material...

Might be trying to corrupt the minds of impressionable youth.

It’s for the children, don’t ya know...


4 posted on 03/19/2013 11:31:48 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Luke 22:36

Joel 3:10


5 posted on 03/19/2013 11:32:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: big'ol_freeper

So rights granted by God are to be taken away by “reasonable” men, huh?

Then shouldn’t reasonable men ask for property taxes from churches? God didn’t grant prop tax exemptions to churches. Man did. Thus, it would be a much lesser change to request taxes from churches. Come to think of it, shouldn’t Lady Gaga come into their churches and preach? After all, she’s real popular, she could do wonders for the sizes of their congregations.

Some folks should just keep their mouths shut.


6 posted on 03/19/2013 11:34:14 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (This stuff we're going through now, this is nothing compared to the middle ages.)
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To: Westbrook

No — not happnin


7 posted on 03/19/2013 11:35:29 AM PDT by willardwx
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To: big'ol_freeper
Wouldn't have stopped Adam Lanza, but at least they get to feel good about themselves.
8 posted on 03/19/2013 11:37:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Leftist fools who only look forward to the collection plate.


9 posted on 03/19/2013 11:37:18 AM PDT by Clock King
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To: big'ol_freeper

Hey Franklin, stick to something you understand, like the Gospel.

Apparently you don’t know how to apply the Gospel to real-life issues.


10 posted on 03/19/2013 11:37:33 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: big'ol_freeper

I’ve no need for evangelical leaders.

I’ve need for my guns.

That is all.


11 posted on 03/19/2013 11:37:42 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

I used to consider myself a Southern Baptist.

This is one of the reasons I no longer do.


12 posted on 03/19/2013 11:37:46 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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Welcome back to the Religion Forum, big’ol_freeper.


13 posted on 03/19/2013 11:40:11 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all" - Isaiah 7:9)
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To: big'ol_freeper

a liberal and a liberal tell a leftwing rag they are communists.

these are not priests.


14 posted on 03/19/2013 11:41:12 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: big'ol_freeper

These Evangelical’s need to stick to their faith but stay the hell away from my Second Amendment Rights.

Who knows?If the Liberals have their way you might need a psychological background test to practice your faith.


15 posted on 03/19/2013 11:41:30 AM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

And I’m sure they’ll start this out right by getting all the black gang members to register first?????


16 posted on 03/19/2013 11:42:23 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright
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To: chris37

As the most pro-life, conservative voters in America, we need Evangelicals, but I don’t know why these two would even care to offer an opinion on something like this, it doesn’t seem related at all to religion.


17 posted on 03/19/2013 11:43:27 AM PDT by ansel12 (" I would not be in the United States Senate if it wasnÂ’t for Sarah Palin " Cruz said.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Their problem is they trust the government to weed out criminals and those who are truly mentally ill. They don’t see that corrupt politicians, leftist doctor/nurses...can claim someone is mentally unstable because they are conservative. I don’t think they are thinking this out.


18 posted on 03/19/2013 11:47:16 AM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness)
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To: big'ol_freeper

What is the current background checks then? Do these two even know what they are talking about?

Even Biden said Fed can not enforce the current law(s).


19 posted on 03/19/2013 11:47:33 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: big'ol_freeper

And these gun checks would have prevented Newtown how exactly?


20 posted on 03/19/2013 11:50:47 AM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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