The Presidential Election: How Should a Christian Vote?

I've been agonizing over this presidential election. As a Christian I feel obligated to vote but... According to my Baptist co-religionists (and other Christians I've read on the subject) it's cut and dried: Vote Bush. He's pro-life and in favor of vouchers for private schools; Kerry isn't. He drove Saddam out of Iraq thus making it safe for democracy (and Christians). He is strongly anti-terrorist.

Sounds simple. But not to me.

Bush certainly sounds pro-life. Being strongly pro-life myself, I applaud this. But if if anything has gotten any better for the innocent babies I haven't noticed it. If Kerry is no more effectual than Bush in this respect, would he really be a threat? Nothing has changed on the school voucher front either.

Under Bush many people have been laid off and jobs have gone overseas. Company executives are getting richer while families are losing their homes. Surely this is nearly as much of a life issue as abortion.

And Bush has brought us war. We are sacrificing our children to kill other people's children in Iraq. Certainly Saddam was no moral leader. But is it just to kill too many people in order to get rid of a government that killed too many people? This makes no sense to me.

So I want to vote for Kerry. But like a hamster on a wheel I come back to the conviction that I simply can't vote for someone who favors abortion. I'll pray about it and hopefully make peace with my conscience. But ah, the agony of the single issue voter!

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A Little About Me

I feel that before I start treating everyone to my opinions it might be a good idea to share a little about myself. I'm 45 years old, extremely happily married, with two rather young children. I'm a Christian. I was raised a Catholic; recently I joined the Southern Baptist church. (There's a long story here which I won't get into now.)

I also have Aspergers Syndrome. For a detailed description of what this involves look here . It's affected me in various ways all my life. But right now it means that I have trouble holding down a job because I have trouble remembering and carrying out directions. And I have trouble talking to people and maintaining friendships. I think this is part of the reason for this blog. I want to express my thoughts in ways I can't face to face. I've always wanted to have a sort of newspaper opinion column. This is as close as I'm likely to get. I pray that God will be pleased with my efforts and that He will bless whoever reads my writings.