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My Fellow Christians, Vote from Your Heart, Even if It Means Voting “Against” Your Church
We are called to serve the Lord and one another, never a political party
Being a Christian in a cynical world can feel very isolating. We live in a culture where the religious faithful themselves and organized Western religion writ large are among the last socially acceptable targets for general ridicule. Comedians, talk show hosts, Hollywood royalty, politicians, and likely many of your friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, or bosses seem to think that making fun of us and our faith is “harmless.” Some even seem to leverage “jokes” or observations as a social currency to distinguish themselves as more worldly, more intelligent than “naive” Christians.
Practicing your faith or even just being known as a Christian in secular spaces or “un-churched” communities aren’t the only challenges modern Christians face. Protestants and Catholics alike are increasingly finding their churches and their fellow parishioners drifting from Christ’s most overarching call: love one another.
The last three presidential elections have both exposed and exacerbated this drift.
We’ve been called for two centuries to feed the hungry and shelter the poor but “politically” supporting any policy…