There’s a clear answer to this question. For decades, I’ve been told that Christians have to support Republican politicians, because the Republican Party is “pro-life.” “Pro-life,” of course, meaning “against abortion being legal.” As time went on, I realized that there are some major problems with this idea. Let’s list some of them. 1. First of all — assuming that you regard preventing abortion as an important issue — the complete set of Republican policies gives us two to three times as much abortion…

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And Our Choice Isn’t Between “Capitalism” and “Socialism.” One of the claims I hear often from people who are trying to justify their support of Republican politicians is that “Democrats are Marxists / communists / socialists.” And it’s further implied that somehow, putting Democrats in power is going to seriously damage the country. Of course, this claim is repeated many times a day, virtually every day, by the media figures propping up and promoting the…

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