liadanslyre

WARNING
process post ahead.
some rhetorical questions
some questions i can't answer
all are sincere...


can anyone explain to me
why it is considered 'inferior' (for lack of a more impartial word).
to be a single issue voter?

discuss**
(see below for guidelines)




things you might consider addressing:

:: do you thinkit's possible that there is 'one thing' in voting that is more important than anything else? if so (and what that 'one thing' is- isn't so much what i'm interested in) how did you come to hold it so important? describe your process.

:: is there truth behind the inference that one issue voting is intellectually weak?



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where i'm coming from...

i have bucked the idea of being a 'one issue voter'.

i like to think that i am (and honestly- it's too important to me that i be perceived as) a thoughtful, informed, hard to categorize person and voter.

but, more and more- it is clear to me what is most important to me.
i don't know how much time i have spent trying deliberating on how i should vote-
discussing, arguing and praying.

the more i think about it;
the more comfortable i am to make a decision based on what is most important to me...

i can make rocket science out of anything.

for me (and for the vast majority of people reading this);
abortion is an important issue.
it is what i am referring to here as my 'most important' issue.

i know that there has been very good logic laid out elsewhere that there is very little likihood that the next administration will do anything to effect laws to protect the unborn.

BUT

anne articulated this feeling that has solidified in me
(in the previously comment happy post 10.07):

"i don't support the law, biblical or corporal, because of its efficacy, i support it because of its truth. i don't espouse certain tenets only because i think they may be carried out, i support them because they are true.

i understand that you are being pragmatic in evaluating the potential cost to the abortion issue if john kerry is elected, but i think your logic is backwards. we are to called to support what is true, all the time. in this case it is clear, that gw is standing for the truth."

somehow my mind goes to the abolishionist movement.
what if people stopped their work to end slavery in america
prior to the fruits of their "efforts" (whatever that might look like)
come to pass and be seen?

they did EVERYTHING they could to solve and fight and kick and scream
(not to offend any of you anabaptists out there)
until slavery was outlawed.

i know this is some serious shit- but like i said-
it's my most important issue and my vote will reflect that...

** assumptions (ass) and ground rules (gr):

ass #1: your walk, reverence and love for God is not in question. even if we disagree.
ass #2: your patriotism is intact. however you vote you love this country as much as me and other's commenting here (unless you tell us otherwise)...
ass #3: we're equals. may your words reflect it.

gr #1: you will be edited if you berate one another.
gr #2: no all caps (ok i'm kidding)