Intersection between Politics and Christianity

I've about had it with the mixture of politics and christianity. It is the worst recipe that anyone could possibly come up with and yet, many christians seem to think that you have to be an outspoken republican or you're not a christian at all. I have had many people ask me how I can even think about voting for a democrat if I am a christian.

Let me make it clear: I am against abortions. I have never met a human being who thinks that we need more abortions in this country. They are wrong, ugly and a bad solution to a tough problem. I am even against them in regard to incest and rape. The only thing that I might concede is if the life of the mother is at rist.

Yet, I feel that the republican party has grabbed onto this one issue and twisted it for its own use. If the republican's really wanted to get rid of abortions, they have had 8 years of Bush, and several years before that where they ruled the congress when Clinton was in office. I wonder if they choose not to outlaw it because they would then lose their exclusive right to America's christian population.

Because of my christianity, I vote democratic, not inspite of it. The democratic party has repeatedly shown more compassion for the country's downtrodden. The homeless, disabled, elderly and young have a voice. The red letters of Jesus speak frequently of poverty and its consequences. The book of Matthew speaks of it one out of sixteen verses. The book of Luke is one out of seven verses. I would say that this would be a very important topic. One that Jesus would like us to pay attention to. Research shows that if we lower the poverty rates by only 10% we would reduce the abortion rates by 90%. I would say that is a very effective tool and a biblical one too!