Why Trump won: Religious right anger (generations, lobby, insurance, abortions)
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Trump and "the religious right" isn't what's causing Dems to be relegated to a few blue spots in a red ocean. Even the blue states aren't very blue, they're tiny, dense, blue zones surrounded by red.
I didn't see anything indicating that the original post was limited to Trump vs. Clinton. I get that the Christian right (and specifically right) was not going to vote for a Democrat. The question was why Trump.
BTW, not all Christians are right wing. I'm not.
What it came down to was today Donald Trump was the only thing standing in the way of a Supreme Court forcing the government to force us to pay for and support abortion just as they are trying to force the Catholic Church to pay for and support artificial birth control. The death of Justice Scalia made it harder for the Evangelicals to sit this one out in good conscious. If they were going to fight then this was the final line for the last stand.
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Originally Posted by GHOSTRIDER AZ
There is a big difference between Sharia and Christianity. there is the point called Free will. In Islam there is only death.
Trump is not necessary a Godly man, however God uses different people to shape us and his will. But I believe he does have Christian roots, butt does not put in our faces since he is a President for all.
The Choices that Trump will make would be Judges who are constitutionalist. No Judges who reinterpret this document.
As to President Elect Trump's "ungodly" background. This is why the books of the Prophet Samuel and the story of King David and his son are canon. The Donald hasn't been accused of half of what is attributed to David.
Trump and "the religious right" isn't what's causing Dems to be relegated to a few blue spots in a red ocean. Even the blue states aren't very blue, they're tiny, dense, blue zones surrounded by red.
And yet the right whimpers endlessly about how the "liberal agenda" is destroying America.
What it came down to was today Donald Trump was the only thing standing in the way of a Supreme Court forcing the government to force us to pay for and support abortion just as they are trying to force the Catholic Church to pay for and support artificial birth control. The death of Justice Scalia made it harder for the Evangelicals to sit this one out in good conscious. If they were going to fight then this was the final line for the last stand.
If Scalia didn't change it, then who would? It sounds like Trump is searchlight for a true political activist to fill Scalias seat, and that is not a good thing.
Do you have statistics on how Christians voted? According to what I saw, it was the same as it has been the past several decades. Nine million registered Christians chose to not vote, which is also not unusual.
I have no recollection of having to disclose religious affiliation when registering or voting.
I cannot imagine disclosing anything to a stranger posing as a pollster on the phone or after exiting a polling place.
If Scalia didn't change it, then who would? It sounds like Trump is searchlight for a true political activist to fill Scalias seat, and that is not a good thing.
Scalia's death meant the last blocking force died assuming President Obama or a President Clinton got another Justice Ginsburg through
I know 81% of evangelicals voted for Trump. So I agree with the OP (thread starter). Most all Christians voted for Trump. Have seen gay marriage pass, gay rights always complaining about their rights, transgender nonsense, the fight against abortion becoming tougher, and bias against the police, less law and order in the U.S. over the past few years. It's no wonder Trump won.
I have no recollection of having to disclose religious affiliation when registering or voting. I cannot imagine disclosing anything to a stranger posing as a pollster on the phone or after exiting a polling place.
So, you are saying the whole "religious anger" thing is pure speculation?
They do know how different groups of people vote, and typically Republicans get 55-60% of protestant vote, while little less of Catholic vote. Same was true this time, so I am not sure where the "religious anger" argument came from.
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