Why No Christian Should Vote for Obama
The title sounds like I am going to endorse Romney and shoot down President Obama however, that is not my intention at all. What this post is about is President Obama’s disgusting stance on abortion. Planned Parenthood (PP), a group that your tax dollars go to, is a pro-abortion group and, they have recently endorsed President Obama in the upcoming election. Why would they do this? It is probably a mixture of a couple of things. #1 Romney has vowed to stop PP from getting your tax dollars. #2 President Obama has not voted against anti-abortion bills during his time in the Illinois State Legislature.
Here is a list of 7 different abortion laws that Obama voted on. His vote in all of the following was “present” according to a WashingtonPost.com article:
1997 Votes
- SB 230 Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. Senate approved bill 44-7, with five senators voting present, including Obama.
- HB 382 Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. House version, passed Illinois State Senate, adopted as law. Under the bill, doctors who perform partial-birth abortions could be sent to prison for one to three years. The woman would not be held liable.
2001 Votes
- HB 1900 Parental Notice of Abortion Act. Bill passed 38-10, with nine present votes, including Obama.
- SB 562 Parental Notice of Abortion Act. Bill passed Senate 39-7, with 11 present votes, including Obama.
- SB 1093 Law to protect Liveborn children. Bill passed 34-6, with 12 present, including Obama.
- SB 1094 Bill to protect children born as result of induced labor abortion. Bill passed 33-6, with 13 present, including Obama.
- SB 1095 Bill defining “born alive” defines “born-alive infant” to include infant “born alive at any stage of development.” Bill passed 34-5, with nine present, including Obama.
What strikes me is that a couple of these bills involved partial birth abortions and, President Obama voted “present”. Not only that, Obama also voted “present” when it comes to protecting “Liveborn children”. Liveborn children are babies that survived the initial attempt of abortion. This means that the baby is actually alive outside of the womb and Obama voted “present” in preserving the life of these newborns.
You may be thinking, “So what? Obama didn’t vote against the partial birth abortion ban?” Well, in a way he did. In the same article quoted above, author Michael Dobbs notes this:
Under the rules of the Illinois legislature, a present vote effectively functions as a no vote because only yes votes count toward passage of a bill. Legislators vote “present” rather than “no” for a variety of tactical reasons, including making it more difficult for their political opponents to use their votes against them in campaign advertisements.
Since only “yes” votes count as to whether a bill passes or falls in Illinois, President Obama’s “present” votes were essentially “no” votes. If that isn’t enough evidence check this out:
‘We worked on the ‘present’ vote strategy with Obama,’ said Pam Sutherland, chief lobbyist for the Illinois branch of Planned Parenthood, an abortion rights group. ‘He was willing to vote “no”, and was always going to be a “no” vote for us.’
There you go. President Obama is in the back pockets of Planned Parenthood. They worked out a strategy where he could for their pro-abortion agenda while saving face. This is contradicted by the Bible and cannot be supported by any Christian that truly follows Christ. Here are the words of Job in Job 31: 14-15:
What then shall I do when God rises up?
When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
Did not he who made me in the womb make him?
And did not one fashion us in the womb?
Job’s rhetorical questions highlights that God is the creator of everyone. God has made every human being no matter what stage of development they are in. Every person has God’s image stamped on them and, that gives every person value. We, as humans, have worth because we have been created by God but, the moment we embrace abortion is the moment that we deny the value of every human being. The moment we adopt abortion as a woman’s right is the moment we deny human rights to the most vulnerable human beings. So, when you go to the polls in November, remember to stand for human rights by not voting for President Obama.
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Happiness for the Weary
Life is filled with many emotions. People feel sadness, grief, despair, and hopelessness. People also feel joy, peace, and happiness. The greatness of the Gospel is that it brings happiness. Of course, Christians are bound to feel the agony of grief but, we know that there are better times ahead. That truth brings happiness. Isaiah 52: 7 says:
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,
who publishes salvation,
who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’ -ESV
The “good news” brings happiness. William Wilberforce was a Christian hero who fought against the slave trade in Britain in the late 1700′s. Even though Wilberforce is best known for his work against slavery he also had a great grasp on the truth of happiness found in Isaiah 52:
The gospel freely admitted makes a man happy. It gives him peace with God, and makes him happy in God. It gives to industry a noble, contented look which selfish drudgery never wore; and from the moment that a man begins to do his work for his Saviour’s sake, he feels that the most ordinary employments are full of sweetness and dignity, and that the most difficult are not impossible. And if any of you, my friends, is weary with his work, if dissatisfaction with yourself or sorrow of any kind disheartens you, if at any time you feel the dull paralysis of conscious sin, or the depressing influence of vexing thoughts, look to Jesus, and be happy. Be happy, and your joyful work will prosper well. -Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 368.
While sorrow and grief may be what you are feeling at this moment, do not forget that happiness will come. Never forget the Good News of Jesus Christ and, when we the peace of Christ comes upon you, you are bound to be happy. When we are happy in the peace of Christ, we are happy in God and, I pray that happiness finds its way into your heart.
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When Persecution Comes
In America, Christians live in freedom but, many Christians around the globe live in persecution. As an American Christian I understand that my freedom of religion may not exist in the future. I understand that there are many who would love to strip the rights of those with faith. Undoubtedly, pro-homosexual activists want to eliminate religious freedom in the name of “diversity”. Also, we will see more and more atheist groups take down the Ten Commandments from public places because, to them, it is offensive. While these things eliminate religious freedom they do not amount to persecution but, with all honesty, I expect persecution to come to America because we see evidence around us. Around the world we see stories like what came out of an Egyptian court. The Assyrian International News Agency reported this:
The verdict passed by the Minya Criminal Court on May 21 convicting 12 Copts [Egyptian Christians] to life imprisonment while acquitting eight accused Muslims in the same case, known as Abu Qurqas sedition, has caused widespread anger among the Copts. Georges Wahib of United Copts, who attended the court session, said that when judge Abdel Fattah Ahmed al-Sughayar pronounced the verdict at the court yesterday, ‘there was complete silence, as it came as a shock to everyone, then cries of grief and wailing could be heard from the Coptic families with shouts of we are innocent, while the Muslim side broke out into jubilation and shouts of Allahu Akbar.’
Egyptian Christians get a life sentence but, the Egyptian Muslims get acquitted for the same crime. This is a common occurrence in the Muslim world but, what about injustice in America? There can’t be any instances of injustice towards Christians here right?…think again. At Vanderbilt University Christians are being discriminated against by the university. The Christian Post reported this:
A Christian student group at Vanderbilt University has been told by the school’s administration that it will lose its recognized status on campus unless the group removes its requirement that its leaders have a ‘personal commitment to Jesus Christ,’ says a Christian legal association.
According to The Christian Post these kids are being threatened because their group says that participants should have a personal commitment to Jesus. Any rational person can see that this type of threat is discriminatory but, don’t hold your breathe waiting for the ACLU to aid the Christians in this case.
The truth is that persecution is happening to Christians around the world and persecution will come to Christians here in America. Jesus says these words in Matthew 10:25:
It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. -ESV
When persecution comes will you be ready for it?
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