{"id":2281,"date":"2024-10-25T12:07:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T17:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/27\/why-would-any-christian-vote-for-her-pro-life-orgs-react-to-harris-anti-religious-freedom-abortion-stance\/"},"modified":"2024-10-27T12:15:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T17:15:48","slug":"why-would-any-christian-vote-for-her-pro-life-orgs-react-to-harris-anti-religious-freedom-abortion-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/25\/why-would-any-christian-vote-for-her-pro-life-orgs-react-to-harris-anti-religious-freedom-abortion-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Why Would Any Christian Vote For Her?\u2019: Pro-Life Orgs React To Harris\u2019 \u2018Anti-Religious Freedom\u2019 Abortion Stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cs-blog-content\">\n<p>Actually, Christians can vote for Democrats &#8211; we have some in our church!<\/p>\n<p>What Jesus cares more about is that you seek Him first. \u00a0Next, He doesn&#8217;t so much care about who you vote for as opposed to the rationale of why you are voting for that person.<\/p>\n<p>For at least some of our staff, we are voting to preserve democracy and respects our Constitution over someone who has refused for years to accept the results of an election that has never been legally found to have massive voter fraud. \u00a0This is direct evidence of refusing to support democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be very clear, the Republicans have abandoned our pro-life cause because it is politically inconvenient for them. \u00a0So, if you are voting for a Republican you don&#8217;t really have a strong foundation for saying you are doing it because they are pro-life.<\/p>\n<p>Also, democracy supersedes any policy. \u00a0If we don&#8217;t have a democracy any more then no policy matters since all policies will simply be whatever the authoritarian leader wants.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2283\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/25\/why-would-any-christian-vote-for-her-pro-life-orgs-react-to-harris-anti-religious-freedom-abortion-stance\/why-would-any-christian-vote-for-her-pro-life-orgs-react-to-harris-anti-religious-freedom-abortion-stance-jpeg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/%E2%80%98Why-Would-Any-Christian-Vote-For-Her-Pro-Life-Orgs-React-To-Harris-%E2%80%98Anti-Religious-Freedom-Abortion-Stance.jpeg?fit=1024%2C444\" data-orig-size=\"1024,444\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"\u2018Why-Would-Any-Christian-Vote-For-Her-Pro-Life-Orgs-React-To-Harris-\u2018Anti-Religious-Freedom-Abortion-Stance.jpeg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/%E2%80%98Why-Would-Any-Christian-Vote-For-Her-Pro-Life-Orgs-React-To-Harris-%E2%80%98Anti-Religious-Freedom-Abortion-Stance.jpeg?fit=1024%2C444\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2283\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/%E2%80%98Why-Would-Any-Christian-Vote-For-Her-Pro-Life-Orgs-React-To-Harris-%E2%80%98Anti-Religious-Freedom-Abortion-Stance.jpeg?resize=300%2C130\" alt=\"\u2018Why Would Any Christian Vote For Her?\u2019: Pro-Life Orgs React To Harris\u2019 \u2018Anti-Religious Freedom\u2019 Abortion Stance\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/%E2%80%98Why-Would-Any-Christian-Vote-For-Her-Pro-Life-Orgs-React-To-Harris-%E2%80%98Anti-Religious-Freedom-Abortion-Stance.jpeg?resize=300%2C130 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/%E2%80%98Why-Would-Any-Christian-Vote-For-Her-Pro-Life-Orgs-React-To-Harris-%E2%80%98Anti-Religious-Freedom-Abortion-Stance.jpeg?resize=768%2C333 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/%E2%80%98Why-Would-Any-Christian-Vote-For-Her-Pro-Life-Orgs-React-To-Harris-%E2%80%98Anti-Religious-Freedom-Abortion-Stance.jpeg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Pro-life organizations are speaking out against Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris after she stated she did not believe in religious exemptions for abortion. Vice President Harris made the statement in an interview with NBC News Tuesday evening when asked directly if she would agree to any concessions on abortion such as religious exemptions. Christian and pro-life organizations are rallying against the candidate in response to her \u201cpro-abortion\u201d and \u201canti-religious freedom\u201d stance. \u201cI don\u2019t think we should be making concessions when we\u2019re talking about a fundamental freedom to make decisions about your own body,\u201d Harris said to Hallie Jackson Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Wow. Kamala Harris says that she does not believe in any religious exemptions for abortion.pic.twitter.com\/oOiJJOi6Ib \u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11)<\/p>\n<p>October 22, 2024 \u201cKamala Harris admits she would deny religious exemptions for abortions \u2014 forcing Christians to kill unborn children and seemingly doubling down on weaponizing the government to jail pro-lifers who pray outside abortion facilities,\u201d CatholicVote said in an X post Tuesday. \u201cWhy would any Christian vote for her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris admits she would deny religious exemptions for abortions\u2014forcing Christians to kill unborn children and seemingly doubling down on weaponizing the government to jail pro-lifers who pray outside abortion facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Why would any Christian vote for her? pic.twitter.com\/QwoDLxUb0D \u2014 CatholicVote (@CatholicVote) October 22, 2024 Harris has been accused by pro-life Christians of weaponizing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act by using the Department of Justice (DOJ) to jail pro-lifers for praying outside of abortion clinics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKamala Harris promises \u2018freedom\u2019 but then pledges to federally steamroll Americans into taking part in abortions against their will,\u201d Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America posted to X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDocs must perform them, taxpayers must pay for them, for any reason, in all 50 states, no exceptions.\u201d .@KamalaHarris promises \u2018freedom\u2019 but then pledges to federally steamroll Americans into taking part in abortions against their will. Docs must perform them, taxpayers must pay for them, for any reason, in all 50 states, no exceptions. pic.twitter.com\/DHRHTd14xo \u2014 SBA Pro-Life America (@sbaprolife)<\/p>\n<p>October 22, 2024 Harris has frequently dodged the question of whether she would support any limits on abortion, telling CBS News in a 2023 \u201cFace the Nation\u201d interview that \u201cthe women of America should be trusted to make decisions about their life and their body based on what they know to be in their best interest. It\u2019s that simple.\u201d \u201cSo she\u2019s not only pro-abortion, she is anti-religious freedom,\u201d Ralph Reed, chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, said on X. \u201cDuly noted.\u201d So she\u2019s not only pro-abortion, she is anti-religious freedom. Duly noted. https:\/\/t.co\/vd1wv4gvIm \u2014 Ralph Reed (@ralphreed)<\/p>\n<p>October 22, 2024 Harris plans to highlight the abortion issue during a campaign stop in Texas Friday, according to Politico. CatholicVote has previously sounded the alarm on Harris\u2019 radical abortion stance, warning Catholics that her blatantly \u201canti-Catholic\u201d agenda presents \u201cclear and present danger\u201d to Christians.<\/p>\n<p>This content was originally published <a href=\"https:\/\/ijr.com\/why-would-any-christian-vote-for-her-pro-life-orgs-react-to-harris-anti-religious-freedom-abortion-stance\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actually, Christians can vote for Democrats &#8211; we have some in our church! What Jesus cares more about is that you seek Him first. \u00a0Next, He doesn&#8217;t so much care about who you vote for as opposed to the rationale of why you are voting for that person. 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