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An Open Letter to my Black Evangelical Friends

inemcik Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 10:15 AM

"Now that President Obama has actually abused the teaching and example of Jesus to advocate same-sex marriage, how could you vote for him again?" You are a Christian...got that....but would you pose the same question if the President had abused the teachings of Buddha, Muhammad or Joseph Smith? He is President of the United States, not of the Christians in the United States! This is a nation that established from the very beginning the tenet of religious freedom...which you and your kind continue to abuse....how dare you try to mandate what religious ideals that our nation should adhere to! Who the heck are you? We are free to choose here...remember? You wouldn't want the IRS in your collection plate would you?

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Joseph64 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 6:47 PM

He isn't saying anything like what you suggest. He is asking people who call themselves Christians how they can vote for someone who opposes Christian values. He is not saying that any elected official should impose their beliefs on the country.

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An Open Letter to my Black Evangelical Friends

I am not writing this letter to accuse but rather to advance understanding. And even though I am white, I am not writing as an outsider but as a fellow evangelical, part of the same spiritual family. May I pose some candid questions?

Are you guilty, on any level, of blind allegiance to the Democratic party? And, on Election Day, did any of you compromise your convictions out of racial solidarity?

I have been very open in my criticism of white evangelicals, pointing out how we often put our trust in the Republican party and how we look to the latest...

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