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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
Yes, that is what I am suggesting. Actually, I thought of this after I saw how I wrote the sentence you quoted. The way I phrased that implies I think it's okay to engage in politics based (solely) on a spiritual conviction. That is not what I meant.
If there is an argument against, for example, same-sex marriage that is a secular argument - and such arguments can be made - then argue those points.
If the ONLY rationale for wanting laws to be passed is one's personal faith, then I would suggest staying quiet.
Based on what Biblical principle are we to make our human governments more "Christian"?
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To mandate church attendance or the beliefs in scripture is surely not my intention or those of other Christians in politics, but to fight for the unborn, or the institution of marriage, is something that many Christians feel that cannot be silent about. That is why the majority of Christians have aligned themselves with one particular political party.
I was raised in Cleveland, in a lower middle class working family, leaning towards the political views of the Kennedy Democrats. I was surrounded by those who hated the hypocrisy of Nixonian politics. It was not until I "matured slightly," looking at the liberal agendas of the Democratic Party, did I reconsider my outlooks.
I cannot believe that those who enter the political arena, fighting on behalf of the morals of God's commandments, are doing any disservice to God.