We should be casting our votes according to God's word, and not feeling like "we" are responsible for who gets into the White House. God is responsible for it. If we continue to allow "some" babies to be murdered because "most" are saved then we have lost our obedience to God.
Sounds like quietism. God has given us the responsibility. He has given us a vote, and with that vote we can determine who gets into the White House. You can't avoid the moral problem.
If we continue to allow "some" babies to be murdered because "most" are saved then we have lost our obedience to God.
That choice has not been given to us by God. Barring some miracle, whoever is elected President will sign an atrocious embryonic and fetal stem cell bill into law next year. Even the Republican Congress passed one such law. Thank God George W. Bush was President and had the guts and honor to oppose it. (Even Bush does favor certain "exceptions" on abortion, so he's not fully "pro-life".)
I think if we elect McCain and Sarah Palin, we've got a fighting chance to make this country more pro-life. Roe could be overturned in the next four years, and some states might begin to legislate restrictions. That won't solve the problem right away, because our culture is very pro-death, but it will at least begin to help heal the culture. Law has a powerful effect on culture.
If we elect Obama, his first act as President would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which nullifies all existing and future abortion restrictions, state and federal, and reinstates partial-birth abortion. It would prevent a future Supreme Court from reversing Roe. It would essentially make the pro-life movement moot.
In the end, it is your choice between McCain-Palin, Obama-Biden, and a protest vote or protest lack of vote. You can read the polls and you can read the platforms and you can know, to the greatest extent God allows, what your decision probably will result in.
I think John McCain will keep his word on judges. He was beaten up by pro-lifers for McCain-Feingold but he hasn't wavered in his opposition to Roe. His choice of a pro-life VP candidate gives us reason to continue to trust him to keep his word.
For me, although I'm excited about McCain, because of his "exceptions" I'll still be voting against Obama. Just like I voted against Kerry.