Should moral/ religious convictions determine our political philosophy?
I was appalled at the testimony of several politicians during some of the presidential campaigns. It was not what they were willing to support that appalled me. For example, abortion was a hot issue. It was not that a candidate favored abortion laws, it was the reasoning they used for favoring abortion laws. One candidate was a Catholic and he personally believed it was a sin to abort life, For whatever reason, he was willing to and openly supported the position of a womans right to abort a life . If that was his life conviction, that position is fine. I could have voted for him based on other important issues. But, if he could not stand up to his own truth, I could not trust him to stand up for other important truths. How could one know that in a crisis that he would not abandon the values for which we elected him? To me, it was a character issue which kept me from voting for him. It does not matter whether you are a liberal or conservative, you should stand on your moral and ethical charicter. There are other issues of character and politics and this thread is interested in your religious and ethical opinions. This thread is not designed for debate but that is fine if you want to debate some hot issue, within reason of course.
I was appalled at the testimony of several politicians during some of the presidential campaigns. It was not what they were willing to support that appalled me. For example, abortion was a hot issue. It was not that a candidate favored abortion laws, it was the reasoning they used for favoring abortion laws. One candidate was a Catholic and he personally believed it was a sin to abort life, For whatever reason, he was willing to and openly supported the position of a womans right to abort a life . If that was his life conviction, that position is fine. I could have voted for him based on other important issues. But, if he could not stand up to his own truth, I could not trust him to stand up for other important truths. How could one know that in a crisis that he would not abandon the values for which we elected him? To me, it was a character issue which kept me from voting for him. It does not matter whether you are a liberal or conservative, you should stand on your moral and ethical charicter. There are other issues of character and politics and this thread is interested in your religious and ethical opinions. This thread is not designed for debate but that is fine if you want to debate some hot issue, within reason of course.