Democrats see opening to attract religious voters in 2012

Democrats claim to have an unprecedented, promising opportunity to expand their voter base into previously uncharted territory — religious voters.

Republicans have long walked in lock step with the loudest and most influential voices in the American religious sphere, professing a monopoly on the faith-based values that drive the decisions of millions of religious voters.

But eager to leave no stone unturned as they peruse the electorate for 2012 supporters, Democrats are setting out to court faith-based voters by connecting their policies on economic issues to the values of equality, tolerance and humanitarianism.

They’re backed up by evidence showing that social issues such as abortion, where Republicans perform better among religious Americans, are taking a back seat to concerns over unemployment and poverty.

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D. Fayette

I pity those that would fall for the Dems false witness. They promote choice as the right of a mother to kill the life within her through abortion, and they continue to sanction sexual promiscuity with the homosexual lobby, and abortion as a means of birth control. They are also as close to being thieves and bribes, robbing from some, to provide unearned benefits to others to get a vote. If they truly cared for the poor, they’d step up with their own money, set up charitable organizations, and sacrifice their time. The Dems despise the freedom of one to choose, but cling to the use of Government force to compel compliance, essentially eliminating freedom. If Government programs are so good, why are they mandatory contributions to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid?
Clearly, they believe rule by coercion and not persuasion.
http://yahoo.com guest

I just can't imagine a Christian voting Democrat, especially now.
- bighoss
  
  I have every bit as much trouble with Christians who elected G.W. Bush, warmongering imperialist, to a second term, following his first term in which he, egged on by the Neoconservative monstrosities, Cheney, Wolfowitz, etc., got this nation involved in a war that has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis, the deaths of thousands of American military men and women , and terrible, debilitating injuries to tens of thousands more. That tragedy was initiated on the basis of a lie. How godly is THAT kind of thing?
http://www.sargee5.blogspot.com SargeE5

This article says that Republicans profess they have a monopoly on faith-based values that drive religious voters. Actually, I've never heard a Republican tout such a claim. The fact is, if Republicans did in fact have control over people of faith in America, Obama would not be President of the United States. Obama and his low esteem for the rights of the unborn, his penchant for redistribution of wealth, and his perpetual lying about his life, his intentions, his faith, are not attributes that would attract Christian voters, and yet, look what we have. In light of the damage Obama has done to this nation in 3 years, I do not think that any Christian could vote Democrat, and justify that vote with his or her conscience. Obviously, that didn't hold true in the last Presidential election. I am praying that the Christians that were deceived into voting for Obama, have come to their senses by now, and will not be duped again in the upcoming election.
pacamomma

The Lord God will have HIS Way. HE is in control., and still on HIS throne.
Not So PC From Texas

The main reason confessing Christians should and do vote for republicans is that voting any group or people into office that is pro-abortion and promotes so called social justice over individual freedom is contrary to basic fundamentals of Christianity.

Don't bother telling me socialism walks with Christianity it does not individual choice has always been GODs way with dealing with us. If we truly lived on earth as it is in Heaven yes but not so much at this time. Socialism is the Devils tool to corrupt and take power.
Ralph

Good luck with that… Demoncrats (liberals, progresives) are as anti Christian as they come. Pro abortion, pro homosexual, pro mozlem. I am in awe of the political scene these days. We need to prey for all politicians, especially demoncrats.
- bighoss
  
  Which politicians will your "prey" upon first? LOL!!
Clyde Harris

‘Demon crats’ are so short on anything positive to run on they are now attempting to con Christians into following their failed socialistic ideas, (which have and always will fail to produce a productive free society), by connecting their policies on economic issues to the values of equality, tolerance and humanitarianism.

Their equality is that everyone is as poor as everyone else and as controlled as they can make us.

Their tolerance is one of our being tolerance to their socialistic mandates and dictates.

Their humanitarianism is one in which they define the word in context of socialistic ideas not one of a free people.

Wake up American people big brother is now not just knocking on our door he has now taken down our door and put and sign that says enter any and all who want to destroy the American way of life.

The Social Democrats will continue to kill jobs with oppressive regulations on business and take from the producers to give to the non-producers in order to curry votes to keep them in power until they collapse this free society and institute their 100% government control of all people and their activities.
Bobseeks

No Christian can vote for the democrat party – the party of sodomy, baby-killing, organized theft through taxation, anti-family welfare programs, the ACLU, godless socialism, and a host of anti-Christian programs. While GOD is above politics and is neither Republican nor democrat, satan is definately a democrat.
JoJo

"But eager to leave no stone unturned as they peruse the electorate for 2012 supporters, Democrats are setting out to court faith-based voters by connecting their policies on economic issues to the values of equality, tolerance and humanitarianism.

They’re backed up by evidence showing that social issues such as abortion, where Republicans perform better among religious Americans, are taking a back seat to concerns over unemployment and poverty."
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Is that what the dems are calling it now? Since the Civil War the democrat party has schemed for ways to keep the black community on the plantation (welfare, foodstamps and public housing) and has expanded it to the working class poor. It's sad, but brainwashed, uneducated people will continue to follow their master.
buck

This is a joke , their very plank is straight from hell , abortion , sexual perversion , murder of US citizens without benefit of trial , and minmizing of Christianity at every turn to advance not only Islam but secularism as well . It is not for nothing they are refered to as demonrats .
Kathy

You have to think about the type of "christian" base that they are going after…. and it does not include the "true Christians" who believe in John 14:6 or Matthew 7:13.
Kathy

You also have to pay attention to the words "RELIGIOUS VOTER". There are many "religious" people out there for whom the Dems can romance and pursuade with their deception. 2 Timothy 3:5…."they have a form of godliness………. But for those who have a genuine "relationship" with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, will run from such lies.
maryallen

The tiger can't change its strips and the demos will lie and twist things just like Satan does in his world to fool believers that he is a charitable creature. Take the social gospel, for instance. Satan always muddies the water after he gives you a clear picture.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
- bighoss
  
  And we supposedly, as a nation, wrestle against another nation that was supposed to, but did NOT, have those "weapons of mass destruction" that "justified" the murderous war instigated by the warmongering imperialist neoconservative G.W. Bush and his equally warmongering vice president, the utterly despicable lying weasel, Dick Cheney. Good Christians all to you, one would suppose!
  - blackhawk
    
    And just what did the other countries believe? What was in those huge truck caravans scooting off to Syria ,maybe food for peace ????
    Guy,you are a typical liberal dummycrat
Faye Shamblin

Just how can the demoslats get any vote on basis of religion….with thier lies and stealing from the tax payer and seniors all they need to do is pray for themselves and get rid of people like Reid and Pelosi along with the lying stealing Obama, Soro and wait a minute with all thier muslims that kill that kill thier own how ever I don't believe I would ever believe a demoslat again…..Get real get lost and get rid of Pelosi Reid and Obama……the trash needs to be dumped….
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