I for one do not believe that voting for Romney is a vote for standing up for the principles of a nation "Under God".
I believe that Romney is our test. At this point I have almost no belief that Obama will be re-elected. But for me and for a lot of us Conservative Christians we are more in fear of God than Obama, and I believe that Romney's nomination may be a test of the resolve of a remnant of Christians who are willing to stand up for their principles and even risk the possibility of another 4 more years of the curse of Obama rather than to surrender those principles and actually vote for a pro-homosexual, pro-abortion radical like Romney merely because we FEAR Obama.
What I do fear however is that the people of God will compromise their principles for a bowl of rancid stew. I suspect that no more than 1 or 2 percent of Republicans will actually vote for someone other than Romney. Romney will probably win. But he will not win with my vote. He's going to have to count on there being enough godless liberals and unprincipled conservatives who will vote for Romney out of fear of another 4 years of Obama.
God has already chosen our next president for us. We will vote accordingly.
Bravo.
Are people necessarily "godless and/or unprincipled" just because they do not agree with you?
Just because I want to remove a criminal enterprise from the Oval Office, this doesn't mean that I'm motivated by "fear." It means I'm boiling MAD at the creep that is trying to destroy the United States of America and everything she stands for. With impunity, evidently — because people like you don't mind that he stays in office, to wreak more anti-God havoc on a nation conceived to be "under God."
After only God alone, I love my country. And will speak for her well-being, according to whatever Light and Grace has been permitted to me by the Holy Spirit of God.
But I gather you believe I am an "unprincipled conservative."
Okay, fine. I can live with that. For God's Truth is finally NOT an "opinion" — neither mine nor yours.
Just do what you think you ought to do. As you say, since this is a "matter of conscience," it cannot be otherwise....
You have First Amendment protection for this sort of thing — until such time as Obama destroys the First Amendment....
Meanwhile: Go in peace, dear brother in Christ.
I almost agree, because I do not trust Romney. On the other hand I don't simply not trust Bambi, I absolutely know I CAN trust him to continue the most destructive administration ever if he wins.
I believe that Romney is our test.
Romney is not much of a test, more like a pop quiz compared to Bambi who is more like a final exam. Ridding ourselves of the scourge of the worst administration ever has to happen, there is no if ands or buts about it.
This idea that you aren't going to compromise your pinciples means you should never vote. No one is perfect, no one is totally principled, not even you, no one is even close.
Amen, Brother FReeper.
God before Country. I fear God more than I fear Obama. Romney promoted, and it is on record, a homosexual organization (Gay Youth Pride) whose "outreach" includes 12-year-old kids, and Romney knew it. He just recently confirmed his belief that homosexual couples "who love each other" should have a right to adopt children -- which really means that Romney believes the government has the right to punish adoption agencies that refuse to hand over the children entrusted to them to homosexual couples.
When I refuse to be part of knowingly, willingly handing political power to a person like that, I KNOW I am doing right by God.
Christians who, out of fear and desperation and pretzel-like rationale, voted FOR a person who believes that depravity is "right," who then asked God to bless our America, have a different view of God than I do.