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Kansas Republican Steve Fitzgerald Claims Democrats Cannot be Followers of Jesus Christ
Republican Steve Fitzgerald, a candidate for State Senate in Kansas, recently claimed that Democrats cannot be followers of Jesus Christ, while speaking at a Polish American Club in Kansas City.
Fitzgerald is running against Democrat State Sen. Kelly Kultala, who happens to be Catholic.
Fitzgerald later told HuffingtonPost.com: "My main point is that the Democratic platform and policies nationally are an attempt to redefine marriage in effect to say what Christ has said about marriage is a lie."
"Christ said marriage is between one man and one woman and the Democratic platform said that it’s not true. So therefore, my point was that one cannot support the Democratic platform and be a follower of Christ."
The contention that I said that one cannot be Catholic or Christian and a Democrat is not an unreasonable summation of what I actually said. My actual message was fix the party or leave."
While Jesus Christ never advocated gay marriage, he never actually said that marriage was between one man and one woman, as Fitzgerald claims.
Kultala said in response: "I was so angry I was seeing spots. I was trying to be diplomatic and calm. I said that people cannot come into our house and disgrace our Democratic Party. My job as a senator is not to tell you what to believe."
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Doctrinally speaking, given
Doctrinally speaking, given the CONTEXT (something which you bigoted, anti-Faith fascists refuse to understand or accept, due to a SEVERE lack of honesty), of his statements referencing the Democrat National Platform, recently adopted under the scrutiny of National Television (which rules the Mayor of LA HAD to VIOLATE, calling for a Voice Vote 3 TIMES, and in the end REJECTING the blatantly clear REJECTION of the Amended Plank as proposed by the Democrats on the Floor), Registered Democrats who AGREE with the DNC platforms and remain Registered Democrats, cannot, Biblically, be true followers of Jesus Christ.
Why not?
Because abortion is the murder of an unborn child, and from the Old Testament to the New Testament, unborn children are referred to as known individuals, persons in their own right, and created by God.
Registered Democrats in good standing, as far as I've seen, are FOR abortion and abortion rights.
Further, the DNC Platform is pro-homosexual and pro-homosexual rights, including homosexual marriage. These stances are all contra-biblical and thus, in direct opposition to the teachings of the Holy Spirit as evidenced in the doctrines taught by the OT prophets, Jesus Christ, and His Apostles.
The list could go on, but these two 'biggies' will suffice.
Hey, I didn't make the rules, I just try to live by them. His House, His Rules.
Oh yes, lest you anti-Faith bigots get upset about the relational comparison between Judeo-Christian doctrines, the Bible, and the Founding of the USA, please be so kind as to look up and read the First Inaugural Address of President George Washington before the First Joint Session of Congress, as well as the official public statements of the first 4 Presidents of the USA.
You won't like what you find, but hey, that's nothing new for those who despise freedom of conscience, speech, and religion.
You folks should be Muslims with your mindsets.
Yet another plonker from the
Yet another plonker from the Republican party. I believe that if he takes a look at the whole Republican agenda he will find very little that Christ would agree with. Being Republican is mutually exclusive to being a Christian.
Who cares if Democrats are
Who cares if Democrats are followers of a potentially imaginary figure? I'm so tired of the religious acting like being Christian is the end-all be-all for politicians. It doesn't matter. The bible was also against interracial marriage. Oh yeah, and how long did it take the LDS Church (Mormons) to allow African Americans to hold the priesthood? Religion promotes bigotry, and I for one am happy to see a political party fighting that history of bigotry, slavery, and hatred.
"How do you know so much about everything?'" was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was "By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant." - John Abbott (1821-1893)
Kathleen......where to start
Kathleen......where to start when your post is so very full of doctrinal ignorance it boggles the mind!
Neither the Old Testament nor the New Testament ever forbade interracial marriages. They both forbade inter-religious marriages, but cared not one wit for the color of a person's skin.
You would know that if you were so filled with hate and bigotry against Jews and Christians, and in all probability, for various sects, both Biblical and Cult which became offshoots of Biblical Judaism and/or Christianity.
I note with no little humour you steered clear of mentioning Islam and Muslims referencing the issues at hand......very telling.
You really need to educate yourself as to what is and is not Biblical Doctrine, based in the dichotomy of Old Covenant vs New Covenant (these are the basic parameters as to why Tanach Jews differ from Biblical Christians).
Considering the content of your prose above, I don't hold out much hope that you're either interested enough to be correct in what you believe and say, or in your desire to better understand the world in which you live, but hey, I could be wrong.
Cheers.
Jesus replied. “But at the
Jesus replied. “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate Mark 10:6-10