Friday, October 31, 2008
A manic, quickly typed response the right-wing propoganda emails i have been receiving since April...
Do you think that abortion would disapear if McCain wins? Honestly? The way to deal with abortion is to confront it compassionately, and give resources, education and the ability to choose to women in that situation. The candidate that i have heard talk to this point, and making it a priority to help has been Obama. If McCain wins and in 3 years get an appointed justice to overturn Roe v Wade, do you honestly think that abortions will stop? Focusing on the law misses the point. It's showing love to people in the throes of making this decision, and comitting to helping them live with that pro-life choice - that is the point.
And the other thing that simply KILLS me is that this is the only thing we are talking about: Abortion and Homosexuality. A McCain ticket will not stop gay marriage. An Obama ticket will not either, but it really doesn't matter: it's a state level issue, and has been for years. Each state decides this for themselves, and as we have seen with 6 years of a Republican majority in all three branches of government that some states have decided to allow Homosexuals to get married. It just doesn't matter what the president appears to think.
There are so so so so many other things to talk about. The fact that our economy is in free fall, the fact that our educational system needs help and retooling, the fact that health care costs more and more each year, the fact that the entire world hates us and our foreign policy has been nothing short of a nightmare. Whether you think we should be in Iraq or not, it is nearly non-arguable that the way we went about waging this war and occupation has done nothing but to discredit our country on a national stage.
I'm sorry for writing this heated post, but you have to know that i see about four of these a week, and they just seem so lopsided and un-thoughtful. I have no problem with people voting their hearts, and agree that people should be prayerful about their vote, but i disagree with praying for someone to vote a particular way. Pray for people that they may themselves search their conscience and vote how they are led, but to pray that someone specifically vote for McCain or for specifically for Obama strikes me as missing the point of democracy. Again, tihs is not at anyone, this is the pent-up frustration of forwards i've been seeing for the last 9 months. In fact, the catharsis of writing has mostly been the use for it, but i think i'll post it anyways.
Sweet Lord, i cannot wait for November 5th. I promise this will be the end of politically charged posts. honest.
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Wow, that first letter from 2012 is something else. I tell you what, we already have civil rights laws in this country, we already have laws against hate crimes and we already teach compassion and acceptance in our schools. But somehow, people still find a way to hate those who are different from them. I think your friend from the future should relax. If there's one thing we seem to always have the freedom to do in this country, it's hate each other.
Very thoughtful piece for a quickly typed response. One of the things I took to doing when receiving such emails was to go to dear old Snopes and check out what the facts actually are and then sometimes I wrote back. It worked I have even had some apologies from those who posted the emails in the first place.
When Christians start to put their brain in gear and listen to what God is actually saying instead of what they want him to say, the world had better watch out cos there will be some big changes coming.
Wrestling with that last sentiment - listening to what God is saying instead of imagining him saying what they want to hear - is especially maddening during the election cycle.
oh, and kate, the person who wrote that for Focus on the Family is not my friend. I don't wish them death, or anything, but they anger me.
Dougie, a very thoughtful post. I have been receiving all of the garbage as well. This election cycle has been especially hard on me. I actually had a friend of 15 years renounce me and cut off relationship based on the fact I have been an Obama supporter. On the other hand here at a fairly progressive seminary I have seen a few of my so called liberal or progressive peers treat some of the more conservative voters among us here at seminary like they have the plague. I have been considering just giving up on this whole voting process because it has become so divisive among Christians who are supposed to be united in Christ. But Alas, I think this election is to important not to vote. I just wish everyone would quit acting like God is on their side
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