From the story: Family advocate James Dobson, widely considered an important GOP rainmaker, says he will not vote for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani under any circumstance in the upcoming presidential elections because of his positions on abortion, domestic partnerships for homosexual couples and other moral issues. Read more…
Dobson’s dilemma may play out for a lot of us should Giuliani become the nominee.
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This is something I don't agree with. If the entire religious right stays home on election day given that Rudy is the nomination, we could be looking at President Hillary Klinton. Rudy said he would be open to appointing pro-life judges. The Democrats will be pushing for federal funding for abortion.
While Rudy wouldn't be an ideal candidate, not voting for him in the general election would mathematically be equal to half a vote for Hillary.
This "all or nothing" attitude on the right has got to go.
I’m wrestling with this – if I could hold my nose and pull for Giuliani should he be the nominee in the general election.
Increasingly, I’m leaning against it. I’ve got pro-life friends who don’t seem to have a problem with Giuliani’s past support of Planned Parenthood. Short of a renunciation from Giuliani of his past support, I have difficulty getting get past it.
I'm waiting to see what happens. It's still early in the race. We may have to vote for the lesser of two evils but we still should vote the same. I'm just not sure who those two evils are yet.
As I said in the last election, it's always better to hold your nose then grab your ankles:)
The question is, will abortions increase under certain politicians. Under any Democrat in the line-up now, I believe they will, especially if they enact privacy laws for minors and government funded abortions. Under Giuliani, they may not be eliminated, but I believe there would be fewer abortions than under a pro-abortion democrat. Giuliani will have a greater chance of listening to the Religious Right than anyone one the left will, as they believe all of our beliefs can be dismissed completely out of hand.
I'm very passionate about this, having been given up for adoption in 1969 by an unwed mother who was 19 at the time. Had I been conceived three years later, I would have most likely been sucked out of her womb by a vaccuum tube.
Now if I can hold my nose and vote for Giuliani in the general election should it come to that, I find it difficult to accept others saying they are going to stay home or vote for a third party candidate in protest with challenging them on it and trying to get them to change their minds.
If one life is saved by voting for Giuliani, then so be it. We MUST be willing to eat this elephant one bite at a time.
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