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Voting Values

New poll suggests that the Iraq war may trump abortion and gay marriage.

Jocelyn Green | posted 11/13/2007 08:37AM

The question of whether evangelical voters will support a pro-choice presidential candidate may be determined by another issue: the candidate's stance on the war in Iraq.

An August survey conducted by ...

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GeorgeT.

Posted: November 23, 2007 9:22 PM


Good,in depth and timely. It should be seriously considered by all voters.

guy	Posted: November 19, 2007 10:50 AM

aBORTION==BE PRO-LIFE War==be Pro-life------but the Koran and many Muslims are not PRO-LIFE !!If you read it, it says KILL THE UNBELIEVER. O yes, there may be another version of the Koran--that is what they say. "the second contradicts the first!" Well, take what they do===kill innocent, those who convert to christianity, women who have been raped, etc After 9/11 since THEY brought the war, America is right in protecting our country and taking the war to Iraq !!

JW	Posted: November 14, 2007 11:00 PM

Answer to God and Anonymous: I agree with both of you on the abortion issue, but I would like to suggest issues of war are just as important in terms of being "pro-life". Certainly, the soldiers that signed up to the miltary knew the risks, but the approximately 750,000 dead civilians and 3 million people displaced from their homes in Iraq is a pro-life issue as well. To say "wars come and go" seems to suggest we are powerless to speak out against illegal and immoral wars. And frankly, it sounds like you suggest the loss of life in wars is unimportant. Ok, let me just be blunt-you both sound smug and ignorant.

Answer to God

Posted: November 13, 2007 4:00 PM

As Christians enter the polling booth next year, may the Holy Spirit give them wisdom in their choice for president. God will judge both individuals and our nation whether we turn to Him or from Him in His design for marriage and His value of life. May we support candidates who will turn to God for guidance in the difficult decisions they will face. If 3,800 deaths of volunteer millitary persons who knew the dangers of battle and chose to fight for freedom is too many, and it is; then how can the US not cry out for the 6.5 Million unborn children that have been slaughtered by abortion since the beginning of the Iraq war? May God raise up the person He is calling to lead the US.

Anonymous

Posted: November 13, 2007 2:11 PM

I want to know the exact questions asked in this poll. CBS polled me several years ago and they didn't ask me one question to which I could wholeheartedly respond yes or no. I think many people will sit out this election for the first time in their lives if the Republicans don't field a candidate who has a pro life anti gay stance as it is the morals of our nation that are destroying us from within not wars which come and go!

John	Posted: November 13, 2007 11:06 AM

As a christian, Iraq and the "War on Terror" are very important values related issues for me. I want a president who will end the "war on terror" and end our military occupation of Iraq (with out neglecting to provide for assistance with helping end the chaos we have created there). The article suggests the majority of christians support the the "war on terror" as some kind of epic multi-generational struggle with Islam and support continueing our military occupation of Iraq. I pray this changes. The article in this magazine a few weeks ago about evangelicals dialogueing with Muslems was a good start. Perhaps if we get to know the Muslims that live in our country, it will help us to not blindly accept the lies and propaganda about Muslims in the rest of the world put forth in our media, government, and even some prominent ministers. I pray evangelicals do not uncritically accept a pre-emptive war with Iran as they did the Iraq war. A christian's first allegiance should be with God.

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