My people are Christian and Democrats! (Including my more religiously conservative relatives.)
My parents are Catholic and seriously pro-life. I'm quite confident that life of the mother would not be an exception for them. Also completely opposed to death penalty on the same moral grounds. Yet, they voted for Obama this time and last because their religious beliefs and their political beliefs are distinct things. They are kinda in the nuns camp where they believe in compassion and doing unto others and all that. They also don't buy trickle down and believe in education, research and development, science, global warming and protecting our environment. I was raised by people that think religious personal decisions aren't to be dictated by government. Huh, what a concept.
"Christian" means more evangelical than mainline Protestant
If someone is Evangelical it doesn't automatically mean they are conservative. Most conservative Christians are Evangelical but Fred Clark who started Slacktivist considers himself Evangelical but he's very liberal.
I think fresh cranberries are my new favorite thing to put in baked goods
Did you say you wanted my address?
Jimmy Carter is evangelical.
I assume some combination of margin of error and...I don't know, Herman Cain and Alan Keyes' wives?
And apparently the girl from Clueless.
I changed my mind at the last minute because I was afraid I would jinx Obama by voting for Jill Stein, since I voted for Nader in the Gore/Bush race. And I know one other person who did the same thing.
I was raised by people that think religious personal decisions aren't to be dictated by government. Huh, what a concept.
Amazing!
If someone is Evangelical it doesn't automatically mean they are conservative.
I know -- I wasn't making a political distinction there.
Did you say you wanted my address?
Heh. I'll shove a piece through the modem?
I know many white women who voted for Romney. Extremely pro-life, probably other issues, but that would be the big one.
My mom voted for Romney primarily based on the fact that she believes his economic plan would Save Us All, and that Obama would send us spiraling into another Great Depression.
