MilitaryDave
01-15-2008, 11:00 PM
Moderators - can we get a Christian Topic started in the Grassroots Forum?
I'm a Catholic and rather frustrated that Huckabee seems to be presented as the most solid Christian vote in the race. Well, frankly this is just wrong.
I believe Ron Paul is the most fiercely pro-life and Christian candidate in this race. People don't know this because they think his "give abortion to the states" is a bit weak on abortion. However, if you examine his record and his abortion stance/strategy you will find he is brilliant. Please check out a few meaty articles at http://catholicsforronpaul.blogspot.com/search/label/Abortion (includes a convincing rebuttal of the infamous Ron Paul letters).
A Maryland Pro-Life blog independantly ranked all candidates against the American Conference of Catholic Bishop's voting guidelines and Ron Paul came out on top (http://defendlife.blogspot.com/2007/11/presidential-candidate-evaluation.html). Here is why, Dr Paul is:
AGAINST abortion,
AGAINST fetal stem cell research,
AGAINST war (Pope is against the Iraq War),
AGAINST death penalty (a beautiful rarity and a big hit with minority voters)
FOR individual dignity and God-given LIBERTY
Further, Ron Paul knows about Augustine's Just War principle and has quoted it many times in his opposition to military action in Iraq. (Funny, I had to study Just War in Air Force ROTC back in the 90's ... how things have changed).
There are many evangelicals (like Chuck Baldwin) and Catholics (like http://www.catholicsforronpaul.com) with great articles on why Ron Paul is THE Christian Conservative candidate. Ardent Christian or not, we need to flow this information into Huckabee forums and especially canvass churches with flyers so these Christian voters are more informed.
I think a lot of Huckabee supporters will have to at least consider Ron Paul once they know.
I'm a Catholic and rather frustrated that Huckabee seems to be presented as the most solid Christian vote in the race. Well, frankly this is just wrong.
I believe Ron Paul is the most fiercely pro-life and Christian candidate in this race. People don't know this because they think his "give abortion to the states" is a bit weak on abortion. However, if you examine his record and his abortion stance/strategy you will find he is brilliant. Please check out a few meaty articles at http://catholicsforronpaul.blogspot.com/search/label/Abortion (includes a convincing rebuttal of the infamous Ron Paul letters).
A Maryland Pro-Life blog independantly ranked all candidates against the American Conference of Catholic Bishop's voting guidelines and Ron Paul came out on top (http://defendlife.blogspot.com/2007/11/presidential-candidate-evaluation.html). Here is why, Dr Paul is:
AGAINST abortion,
AGAINST fetal stem cell research,
AGAINST war (Pope is against the Iraq War),
AGAINST death penalty (a beautiful rarity and a big hit with minority voters)
FOR individual dignity and God-given LIBERTY
Further, Ron Paul knows about Augustine's Just War principle and has quoted it many times in his opposition to military action in Iraq. (Funny, I had to study Just War in Air Force ROTC back in the 90's ... how things have changed).
There are many evangelicals (like Chuck Baldwin) and Catholics (like http://www.catholicsforronpaul.com) with great articles on why Ron Paul is THE Christian Conservative candidate. Ardent Christian or not, we need to flow this information into Huckabee forums and especially canvass churches with flyers so these Christian voters are more informed.
I think a lot of Huckabee supporters will have to at least consider Ron Paul once they know.