Do you believe America would be better off if more Christians served in elected office?
After 16,000 responses later, 96% stated no. Wow, didn’t see that coming, neither did they.
The group accused atheists and Satanists for voting and for religious persecution. Arkansas State Sen Jason Rapert (R) warned about the rise of witches in some kind of email recruitment.
I don’t have a Twitter account myself, but I believe voting is still ongoing for the next five days, so if Dopers want to vote, do so.
They have been trying to raise $500,000 via GoFundMe, but stalled at $20,000, half came from a single anonymous donor the article says.
I honestly thought this would be a slam dunk for Christians, anyone care to guess such a poor outcome for them?
^^^ Thanks for the link, gosh I looked around first, didn’t think to look in that topic, looks like Czarcasm beat me to it. Moderators can close this one if they like since his was first. But do hope other Dopers will take time to vote that have Twitter accounts.
I have no twitter account, so cannot vote. But I think that the term Christian, in the sense they intend it, is a synonym for an antisemitic, likely racist, prick. Like that guy in Alabama, Roy Moore, that ran for the senate.
Your response to objections to institutionalized anti-LGBT bigotry in the Boy Scouts.
Your response to people who reject theocracy and are in favor of the First Amendment.
I mean, you’re entitled to your views, of course. But you’ll have to present some actual arguments in favor of your positions if you want to sway anyone. You post as though the world has gone mad, and any sane person would obviously agree that your views are in accord with common sense.
As a Christian myself, putting people in office in large part because of their belief in one religion vs another is a violation of the separation of church and state which I totally believe in.
So I’m with the 96%. While I don’t live in the US, the same holds true for my country.
^^^I don’t know who or what the demographics were for Twitter users that voted, but I figured people making a poll like that would be a bit more political savvy, and would have seen a way to stack the votes in their favor reminding their congregations to get out and vote. Never seen one go off the rails like that before where I’m sure conservative Christians were expecting the very opposite of what they got, and I’m thoroughly enjoying the pounding they are receiving. I guess I underestimated the support of moderate and liberal Christians, and appreciate their help.
My optimistic heart wonders if perhaps people are getting tired of being defined by the worst elements of their group. Or maybe Devil worshippers are more common than I’d previously thought.
Old people don’t use Twitter, and for a lot of young people ‘being religious’ is usually just code for being a racist, fascist, ignorant, selfish asshole.