Posted on 07/22/2018 2:24:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Washington Post asked locals at a southern Baptist church in Alabama why they voted for President Donald Trump despite that the former reality TV stars conduct. Their answer was short and to the point.
Members of the First Baptist church of Luverne, Alabama say former Secretary of State Hillary Clintons campaign for president was a no-go for them, according to a report Saturday from WaPo.
She hates me, Terry Drew, a member of the church, said of Clinton, who lost Alabama by almost 700,000 votes.
She has contempt for people like me, and Clay, and people who love God and believe in the Second Amendment. I think if she had her way it would be a dangerous country for the likes of me, he said, referring to people like the churchs pastor, Clay Crum. Trump has demonstrated a willingness to hang tough with Christians, Drew said.
Drew weighed Trumps character with what he thought is Clintons willingness to destroy his way of life. The choice was clear, he told WaPo reporters, who attended one of Crums sermons to get a lay of the land. Trumps going to stick to me, while Clinton will look the other way, Drew added.
I hate it, he acknowledged. My wife and I talk about it all the time. We rationalize the immoral things away. We dont like it, but we look at the alternative, and think it could be worse than this.
Other members of the church shared similar sentiment.
Jan Carter, another parishioner, said supporting Trump was the only moral thing to do.
You can say righteously I do not support him because of his moral character but you are washing your hands of what is happening in this country, she said, adding that America is slipping toward a civil war on our shores.
Crum, for his part, said supporting Trump is not easy, especially when the president does not demonstrate a keen understanding of Biblical law.
There are times when Christians have to stand up, he said.
Trump is an immoral person doing what Crum considers moral: nominating conservative judges and pushing anti-abortion policies. The presidents victory over Clinton convinced Crum and other members of something else, too. It encouraged them that we do still have some political power in this country, said Crum.
Recent polls suggest that Crums sentiment is prevalent in other states that tilted heavily toward Trump.
More than 6o percent of South Carolina Republicans said Trump was moral in a Winthop University poll conducted in April. Only 51 percent of evangelicals said that term was somewhat inaccurate in describing the president.
The fact that fewer than half of evangelicals overall would describe Trump as godly or moral suggests that his strength with these groups comes not from modeling pious behavior, but from them viewing him as a bulwark against a culture that they feel is increasingly hostile to them, Winthrop Poll director Scott Huffmon said in the poll.
Given the history of Hillary Clinton's own words and actions over her career and her evident quest for power, her likelihood of total devotion to that Constitution's strict limitations on power seemed unlikely and threatening to thinking Americans who love individual freedom and liberty for all.
Add her expressed contempt for individual citizens (deplorables) who subscribe to the above-described idea about the role of government as laid out by the Constitution, and there you have it.
Better question might be since you declare there are only two types of men Serial Adulterer and ‘Jimmy Carter’ which category does your Husband fall under?
The gap between Trump and Hillary is that Trump does not besmirch and look down on people that are religious. Hillary does.
He has never used anything but imperfect and flawed people.
We are all imperfect and flawed.
At least they didn't call them "holy rollers" like some people on FR do. That is like calling a Roman Catholic a Mormon.
Yes. Sneaky devil.
I believe that at some point in Trumps life, he accepted Christ as his personal Savior. He is a different man than before.
What President has done more to restore religious liberty, individuals rights, promote a pro-life agenda, and openly proclaims the Christian faith?
Christians who voted for him in 2016 will vote for him again, and Christians who stayed home in 2016, will go to the polls in 2020 in record numbers to re-elect him. No doubt in my mind.
Ooh lookie, Demwit partisan media shill goes all concern-trolly on our asses. What a surprise.
Thanks Iron Munro:
Stolen Valor
God uses messed up people to accomplish His purpose all the time....after all, what other kind are there?
NOT! She is sounding more like a Communist every day.
God does do that, but some people are just messed up people. So God knows the difference, knows what he is doing, but it’s pretty arrogant to believe you or any man knows who God is working through and who he is not isn’t it?
Prayers up for you brother. Christians and conservatives should understand that the only reason the propaganda media asks you questions is to get information they can and will use against you.
Prayers up for you brother. Christians and conservatives should understand that the only reason the propaganda media asks you questions is to get information they can and will use against you.
Well, she did kind of tip her hand with that “deplorables” comment.
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