Please forgive the 'rough-draftiness' of this. I’ve been extremely
busy lately and I simply ran out of time.
What we have is a side by side comparison of the
Republican Party Platform, the Democratic Party Platform (their bibles, if you
will) and most importantly, (as a Christian) the Holy Bible.
Listed first is a comparative key word search. I think
you’ll find it quite revealing.
Next I’ve copied and pasted information directly from the
platforms regarding the key words; followed by what the Bible has to say about
those topics.
I’ve entered very little commentary; I believe the data
speaks for itself.
This is written directly to my brothers and sisters in
Christ. I pray you will vote. It is not only a right, but a responsibility as a
good steward of freedom. I pray you will vote according to the platform that
was written in blood, spilled by God’s own Son, The Word made flesh.
If you would like to view copies of the party platforms I
can email you PDF copies or you can go to: http://www.christianvoterguide.com
One more thing: I think this is important. If you agree, please pass it along.
BIBLE: Republican: 3.
Democrat: 0
GOD: Republican 16. Democrat: 3
CHRISTIAN: Republican:
8. Democrat 1
TEN COMMANDMENTS:
Republican: 1. Democrat: 0
MARRIAGE:
Republican: 19. Democrat: 0
ABORTION:
Republican: 35. Democrat: 6
ISRAEL: Republican: 19. Democrat: 9 (Side note: Iran: Rep: 7. Dem: 16)
CONSTITUTION: Republicans.
79. Democrats: 7
AMENDMENT:
Republican 46. Democrat: 5
FOUNDING FATHERS: Republican: 1. Democrat: 0
TRADITION(al): Republican:
24 Democrat: 2
BIBLE:
Republican: 3. Democrat: 0
Republican:
·
A good understanding of the Bible being
indispensable for the development of an educated citizenry,
·
A Republican commander-in-chief
will protect the religious freedom of all military members, especially
chaplains, and will not tolerate attempts to ban Bibles or religious symbols
from military facilities
GOD: Republican:
16. Democrat 3
Republican:
·
God bestows certain inalienable rights on
every individual, thus producing human equality; that government exists first
and foremost to protect those inalienable rights; that man-made law must be
consistent with God-given, natural rights; and that if God-given, natural,
inalienable rights come in conflict with government, court, or human-granted
rights, God-given, natural, inalienable rights always prevail; that there is a
moral law recognized as “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God”; and that
American government is to operate with the consent of the governed…
·
We believe that people are the ultimate
resource — and that the people, not the government, are the best stewards of
our country’s God-given natural resources.
·
Every time we sing, “God Bless America,” we
are asking for help.
·
In a free society, the primary role of
government is to protect the God-given, inalienable rights of its citizens.
These constitutional rights are not negotiable for any American.
Democrat:
·
Democratic platform uses the word God, 3
times each time in conjunction with the word ‘given’ as in God-given. We
believe every person has a right to reach their “God-given” potential.
CHRISTIAN: Republican:
8. Democrat 1
Republican:
·
We support the public display of
the Ten Commandments as a reflection of our history and our country’s
Judeo-Christian heritage
·
We support the rights of
conscience of military chaplains of all faiths to practice their faith free
from political interference. We reject attempts by the Obama Administration to
censure and silence them, particularly Christians and Christian chaplains. We
support an increase in the size of the Chaplain Corps. A Republican
commander-in-chief will protect the religious freedom of all military members,
especially chaplains, and will not tolerate attempts to ban Bibles or religious
symbols from military facilities.
Democrat:
·
We are horrified by ISIS’ genocide and sexual
enslavement of Christians and Yezidis and crimes against humanity against
Muslims and others in the Middle East..
TEN COMMANDMENTS: Republican:
1. Democrat: 0
·
“We support the public display of the Ten
Commandments as a reflection of our history and our country’s Judeo-Christian
heritage”
MARRIAGE
Republican:
·
Traditional marriage and family,
based on marriage between one man and one woman, is the foundation for a free
society and has for millennia been entrusted with rearing children and
instilling cultural values.
Democrat:
·
Guaranteeing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender Rights
·
Democrats applaud…that LGBT people—like other
Americans—have the right to marry the person they love.
Bible:
·
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man
should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for[e] him.”… So
the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while
he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And
the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a
woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”
·
Therefore a man shall leave his father and
his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Genesis
2: 18, 21-24)
ABORTION
Republican:
·
The Fifth Amendment:
Protecting Human Life
The Constitution’s
guarantee that no one can “be deprived of life, liberty or property”
deliberately echoes the Declaration of Independence’s proclamation that “all”
are “endowed by their Creator” with the inalienable right to life. Accordingly,
we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a
fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life
amendment to the Constitution and legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth
Amendment’s protections apply to children before birth.
Democrat:
·
We will continue to stand up to Republican
efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
·
We will continue to oppose—and seek to
overturn—federal and state laws and policies that impede a woman’s access to
abortion, including by repealing the Hyde Amendment.
Bible
·
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you…” (Jeremiah 1:5)
ISRAEL:
Republican:
·
We recognize Jerusalem as the eternal and
indivisible capital of the Jewish state
Democrat:
·
Jerusalem is a matter for final status
negotiations…Israel always has the ability to defend itself. Finally, Democrats
recognize that the Iranian people seek a brighter future for their country and
greater engagement with the international community. We will embrace
opportunities for cultural, academic and other exchanges with the Iranian
people. We will embrace opportunities for cultural, academic and other
exchanges with the Iranian people.
Bible:
·
For you are a holy people to the Lord your
God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out
of all the people who are on the face of the earth (Deuteronomy 7:6).
·
This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the
center of the nations, with lands around her (Ezekiel 5:5)
·
The Land is Mine; for you are but aliens and
sojourners with Me (Leviticus 25:23
·
"To your descendants I will give this
land" (Genesis 12:7).
·
"Now lift up your eyes and look from the
place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all
the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants
forever... (Genesis 13:14-15).
·
"To your descendants I have given this
land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river
Euphrates" (Gen. 15:18-21).
·
I will fix your boundary from the Red Sea to
the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates
(Exodus 23:31)
GLOBAL WARMING (CLIMATE CHANGE)
Republican:
·
Climate change is far from this nation’s most
pressing national security issue. This is the triumph of extremism over common
sense, and Congress must stop it.
Democrat:
·
Democrats believe that climate change poses a
real and urgent threat to our economy, our national security, and our
children’s health and futures.
Bible:
·
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the
heavens and the earth.
·
The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness
thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein Ps. 24:1
·
While the earth remains, seedtime and
harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”
Genesis 8:22
·
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief
in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the
elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in
it will be burned up. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for
and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will
be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth
in which righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:10-13
·
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my
words shall not pass away. ~Jesus: Matthew 24:35
SEXUALITY:
Republican:
·
We renew our call…that sets abstinence until
marriage as the responsible and respected standard of behavior.
Democrat:
·
We will oppose all state efforts to
discriminate against LGBT individuals, including legislation that restricts the
right to access public spaces…
·
(* NOTE:
“public spaces” refers to transgender bathrooms, showers etc. In other words:
If Johnny feels like he’s really Suzy, he should be allowed to use the same
bath and showers as our daughters)
Bible:
·
Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites…will inherit the
kingdom of God…the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord…Do you
not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members
of Christ and make them members of a harlot? …For “the two,” He says, “shall
become one flesh.” …Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is
outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own
body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is
in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought
at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are
God’s.
FOUNDING FATHERS: Republican: 1. Democrat: 0
·
“We strongly encourage instruction in
American history and civics by using the original documents of our founding
fathers.
AMENDMENT:
Republican: 46. Democrat: 5
Republican:
The First Amendment: Religious Liberty
·
The Bill of Rights lists religious liberty, with its rights of
conscience, as the first freedom to be protected. Religious freedom in the Bill
of Rights protects the right of the people to practice their faith in their
everyday lives. As George Washington taught, “religion and morality are
indispensable supports” to a free society. Similarly, Thomas Jefferson declared
that “No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that
which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil
authority.” Ongoing attempts to compel individuals, businesses, and
institutions of faith to transgress their beliefs are part of a misguided
effort to undermine religion and drive it from the public square. As a result,
many charitable religious institutions that have demonstrated great success in
helping the needy have been barred from receiving government grants and
contracts. Government officials threaten religious colleges and universities
with massive fines and seek to control their personnel decisions. Places of
worship for the first time in our history have reason to fear the loss of
tax-exempt status merely for espousing and practicing traditional religious
beliefs that have been held across the world for thousands of years, and for
almost four centuries in America. We value the right of America’s religious
leaders to preach, and Americans to speak freely, according to their faith.
Republicans believe the federal government, specifically the IRS, is
constitutionally prohibited from policing or censoring speech based on religious
convictions or beliefs, and therefore we urge the repeal of the Johnson
Amendment.
We pledge to defend the
religious beliefs and rights of conscience of all Americans and to safeguard
religious institutions against government control. We endorse the First
Amendment Defense Act, Republican legislation in the House and Senate which
will bar government discrimination against individuals and businesses for
acting on the belief that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. This
Act would protect the non-profit tax status of faith-based adoption agencies,
the accreditation of religious educational institutions, the grants and
contracts of faith-based charities and small businesses, and the licensing of
religious professions — all of which are under assault by elements of the
Democratic Party. We encourage every state to pass similar legislation. We
likewise endorse the efforts of Republican state legislators and governors who
have defied intimidation from corporations and the media in defending religious
liberty. We support laws to confirm the longstanding American tradition that
religious individuals and institutions can educate young people, receive
government benefits, and participate in public debates without having to check
their religious beliefs at the door.
Our First
Amendment rights are not given to us by the government but are rights we
inherently possess. The government cannot use subsequent amendments to limit
First Amendment rights.
The Second Amendment:
Our Right to Keep and Bear
Arms
We uphold the
right of individuals to keep and bear arms, a natural inalienable right that
predates the Constitution and is secured by the Second Amendment. Lawful gun
ownership enables Americans to exercise their God-given right of self-defense
for the safety of their homes, their loved ones, and their communities.
The Fourth Amendment:
Liberty and Privacy
Affirming the
Fourth Amendment “right of the people to be secure in their houses, papers, and
effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,” we call for strict
limitations on the use of aerial surveillance on U.S. soil, with the exception
of patrolling our national borders for illegal entry and activity. We oppose
any attempts by government to require surveillance devices in our daily lives,
including tracking devices in motor vehicles.
The Fifth Amendment:
Protecting Human Life
The Constitution’s
guarantee that no one can “be deprived of life, liberty or property”
deliberately echoes the Declaration of Independence’s proclamation that “all”
are “endowed by their Creator” with the inalienable right to life. Accordingly,
we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a
fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life
amendment to the Constitution and legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth
Amendment’s protections apply to children before birth.
We oppose the use of
public funds to perform or promote abortion or to fund organizations, like
Planned Parenthood, so long as they provide or refer for elective abortions or
sell fetal body parts rather than provide healthcare. We urge all states and
Congress to make it a crime to acquire, transfer, or sell fetal tissues from
elective abortions for research, and we call on Congress to enact a ban on any
sale of fetal body parts. In the meantime, we call on Congress to ban the
practice of misleading women on so-called fetal harvesting consent forms, a
fact revealed by a 2015 investigation. We will not fund or subsidize healthcare
that includes abortion coverage.
We support the appointment
of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity of innocent
human life. We oppose the non-consensual withholding or withdrawal of care or
treatment, including food and water, from individuals with disabilities,
newborns, the elderly, or the infirm, just as we oppose euthanasia and assisted
suicide.
We
affirm our moral obligation to assist, rather than penalize, women who face an
unplanned pregnancy. In order to encourage women who face an unplanned
pregnancy to choose life, we support legislation that requires financial
responsibility for the child be equally borne by both the mother and father
upon conception until the child reaches adulthood. Failure to require a father
to be equally responsible for a child places an inequitable burden on the
mother, creating a financial and social hardship on both mother and child.
The Fifth Amendment:
Protecting Private Property
The Framers of our
government knew, from history and experience, that when private property is not
secure, freedom is at risk. That is why the Fifth Amendment declares that
private property may not be “taken for public use without just compensation.”
The Supreme Court’s Kelo decision undermined this safeguard by allowing
local governments to seize a person’s home or land not only for vital public
use, but also for “public purpose,” which thus allowed the government to seize
it for transfer to private developers or other private entities. We call on any
state legislatures that have not already done so to nullify the impact of Kelo
within their jurisdiction by legislation or state constitutional amendments
declaring that private property may be taken only for true public use, and we
join House Republicans in supporting the Private Property Rights Protection
Act.
The Ninth Amendment:
The People’s Retained
Rights
The Ninth
Amendment to the Constitution declares that “[t]he enumeration in the Constitution
of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained
by the people.” This provision codifies the principle that our national
government derives its power from the governed and that all powers not
delegated to the government are retained by the people. We call upon
legislators to give full force to this fundamental principle. We welcome to our
ranks all citizens who are determined to reclaim the rights of the people that
have been ignored or usurped by the federal and intrusive state governments.
The Tenth Amendment:
Federalism
as the Foundation of
Personal Liberty
Federalism is a
cornerstone of our constitutional system. Every violation of state sovereignty
by federal officials is not merely a transgression of one unit of government
against another; it is an assault on the liberties of individual Americans.
Hence the promise of the Tenth Amendment: “The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are
reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” The Constitution gives
the federal government very few powers, and they are specifically enumerated; the
states and the people retain authority over all unenumerated powers. In
obedience to that principle, we condemn the current Administration’s
unconstitutional expansionDemocrat: None regarding adherence to established
Amendments to The Constitution. Three new amendment proposals; Two protesting
current abortion amendments.
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