What I Did On My Vacation
November, 2008
Why I Changed My Vote
I did not vote for either major candidate today. Even though I LOVE Obama and strongly agree with him on 99% of the issues. I donated to his campaign twice. I feel really, really great about my choice though. I wrote in a pro-life democrat that wasn’t even running, on a suggestion from a friend. God showed up with a way for me, at the 11th hour. Praise you, Jesus–you are so good, kind and attentive to the way my heart works.
I have a consistent ethic of life–which means that i am against the shedding of blood in any way–by killing unborn babies, the death penalty, torture, people dying through lack of universal health coverage, destroying the environment, etc. I consider myself a feminist–I believe that anything that is against life is against women and vice-versa. Abortion is a big eugenics experiment and it baffles me that people actually fight for the “right” to shed innocent blood.
The reason I favored Obama originally (until even a few days ago!) was because of his social agenda, including his “abortion reduction plan”. I believed it until I saw the video of him at a Planned Parenthood pledging to sign FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act) into law as one of his first acts in office. To me, you can’t have it both ways. You can’t reduce smoking by pandering to the tobacco lobby. If, as I’ve heard Obama insiders say, he is personally against abortion, why is he making any promised to PP? That’s hypocrisy writ large.
As far as being a “single issue voter”, fine–but I ask myself this: Where would I have wanted to be counted on the single issue of Slavery? Abortion, like slavery, is an issue that trumps every other, even those social issues that I strongly favor, because it is a foundational issue of what it means to be human (as slavery was). If we don’t believe in the dignity of every human being in the womb, what right have we to fight for that dignity when they’re adults?
At the end of the day, though, I know this was a very difficult choice for every Christian I know. There’s not one Christian I know of who did not agonize over this. What I saw was that every one of you, in your heart, wanted to please the Lord, and I believe with all of mine that it’s the heart that He sees, and that he’s pleased with our desire to please Him. Lord, help us–bring our country back to you in the way only YOU can do–by wooing the HEART.
The New National Slogan
Bless God, America.