All Eyes on the Keystone State

All eyes are focused on Pennsylvania. As you are probably aware, we have a primary in the Keystone state on Tuesday. I recently heard a political commentator say, "this is the first time since 1976 that our primary will have significance in choosing the democratic presidential nominee."

Obviously, I would not suggest the specific candidate that you should vote for in the primary or the general election. I would like to suggest that you be involved in the process. President James A. Garfield (the 20th President, and a minister of the Gospel during the Second Great Awakening) made the following statement:

“Now, more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature . . . If the next centennial does not find us a great nation . . . it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces.”

Below you will find some revealing information from the 2006 elections:

1. There was a 30% decrease in Christian voter turnout, falling from 28.9 million evangelicals down to 20.5 million

2. The result was clearly visible in the philosophy of those elected to Congress

3. Of 54 freshmen elected to the U. S. House, only 17 were pro-life (a 31% pro-life class)

4. Of 10 freshmen elected to the U. S. Senate, only 1 was pro-life (a 10% pro-life class), and one of those two will not vote for marriage as being only between a man and a woman

5. The Baltimore Sun described this Congress as “the most pro-choice Congress in the history of the Republic”

6. Just as Christian voter turnout directly affects policies on life issues, so, too, on issues related to slowing the promotion of the homosexual agenda

7. The 2006 Congress has been active in promoting the homosexual agenda through its onerous homosexual hate-crimes bill as well as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that would force employers, including churches, to hire homosexuals

8. While Evangelical voting turnout reaches only at 50% when at its highest, homosexual men vote at a rate of 92.5% and lesbian women at a rate of 91%

9. Clearly, there is a direct correlation between Christian voter turnout and the percentage of elected leaders who embrace and reflect basic Biblical values (source www.wallbuilders.com)

I will let the data speak for itself. One final question, "Do you still think your vote doesn't matter?"

stay off the paved road …

--craig