Ted Cruz Iowa Win Is A Loss For Evangelical Christians

The Inquisitor ^ | Aric Mitchell | feb 2 2016

[drewh]

The next president could conceivably appoint four Justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In a CBS News report from January, it was pointed out that the next president of the United States could conceivably appoint as many as four Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.

If evangelical Christians could elect someone to the presidency with that power, they could effectively scale back the two major hot-button issues they’ve lost on: legalization of abortion and legalization of same-sex marriage.

But to do so, they would need to nominate someone electable — someone sympathetic to these causes in the background, but who runs on issues that resonate more closely to what matters most among the general population.

Republicans — and Democrats, too, for that matter — can pick the candidate with which they most agree, but unless that person can sway enough of the independent vote, they will lose in November, period.

Looking at 2008 and 2012 and the rise of Barack Obama, the most anti-religious of modern (20th Century and beyond) presidents, it’s clear the majority is no longer of the evangelical Christian persuasion.

For the most part, independent voters’ views can be summed up as, “Stay out of my wallet, and stay out of my bedroom.”

In other words, they don’t think the government should spend more than it takes in, and they don’t think that government should be in the business of telling people how to live their lives provided that one person’s decisions do not encroach on the safety or inalienable rights of another.

Ted Cruz wears his beliefs on his sleeve, and appears to be earnest in those convictions, and that creeps out enough of the independent vote to ensure he would have zero chance against a Clinton or Sanders.

While it may be difficult to hold one’s nose and vote for a Trump, the alternative is that Hillary or Bernie wins the presidency and appoints a U.S. Supreme Court that is far more liberal than anything evangelical Christians have seen.

So yes, evangelicals, you gave Ted Cruz a victory in Iowa, and made him the true frontrunner for the GOP nomination. But as the old saying goes, “be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.”

You think your religious liberty is in danger now? Just wait until Hillary or Bernie wins the White House; then you can see where Monday’s Ted Cruz victory got you.

[BillyBoy]

This article is so full of BS I don’t know where to begin.

Post #6 said it best, “Only the slow ones on FR think there is some united bloc of denominations that don’t even agree with each other, chomping at the bit to vote for whomever can quote the Bible the best.”

There’s only “Evangelical” out there who pushing the idea that Trump is better for them than Cruz. His name is Jimmy Carter.

[BillyBoy]

This article is so full of BS I don’t know where to begin.

Post #6 said it best, “Only the slow ones on FR think there is some united bloc of denominations that don’t even agree with each other, chomping at the bit to vote for whomever can quote the Bible the best.”

There’s only one “Evangelical” out there who pushing the idea that Trump is better for them than Cruz. His name is Jimmy Carter.

[BillyBoy]

>>> The author makes two assumptions that defy logic:
1 - assumes that Cruz with a net positive favorability rating is “less electable” than a candidate that has the highest negative favorability rating among all candidates on either side;
2 - assumes that Trump would appoint justices to the court that are any less leftist/statist activist than those that Hillary or Bernie would appoint.
There is absolutely zero basis on which to accept either assumption as reasonable. <<

Agree 100%. The author also:

- assumes all evangelical protestants from vastly different denominations and backgrounds blindly voted as a block for Ted Cruz, because he happens to be an Evangelical

- assumes the only Americans who have the goals of ending abortion and gay marriage are Evangelical protestants.

- assumes a majority of Americans were of the "evangelical protestant persuasion" prior to Obama's election

- assumes the next President will appoint four Supreme Court justices

- assumes Ted Cruz is now "the true frontrunner for the GOP nomination" simply by virtue of winning Iowa

- assumes Ted Cruz has "zero" chance of winning the White House because he is outspoken about his beliefs

- assumes Ted Cruz "scares" Independents (what if an self-declared "Independent" voter is ALSO a member of an "Evangelical" denomination? Such a conflicting scenario must boggle the author's mind)

As Impy said, this article is garbage.