Posted on 03/19/2013 11:29:47 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper
Two of the nation’s leading evangelicals are throwing their weight behind President Barack Obama’s push for universal background checks for all gun buyers, a measure that faces stiff opposition in both the House and Senate.
Rev. Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, and Dr. Richard Land from the Southern Baptist Convention told TIME Magazine they supported the proposal.
“As ministers, we agreed together that we could stand on a united front for universal background checks,” Graham said. “We think that’s reasonable and responsible.”
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They don’t speak for me.
I don’t consider them my “leaders”.
All the other oppose it
I wonder how they would feel about required background checks prior to purchasing religious material...
Might be trying to corrupt the minds of impressionable youth.
It’s for the children, don’t ya know...
Luke 22:36
Joel 3:10
So rights granted by God are to be taken away by “reasonable” men, huh?
Then shouldn’t reasonable men ask for property taxes from churches? God didn’t grant prop tax exemptions to churches. Man did. Thus, it would be a much lesser change to request taxes from churches. Come to think of it, shouldn’t Lady Gaga come into their churches and preach? After all, she’s real popular, she could do wonders for the sizes of their congregations.
Some folks should just keep their mouths shut.
No — not happnin
Leftist fools who only look forward to the collection plate.
Hey Franklin, stick to something you understand, like the Gospel.
Apparently you don’t know how to apply the Gospel to real-life issues.
I’ve no need for evangelical leaders.
I’ve need for my guns.
That is all.
I used to consider myself a Southern Baptist.
This is one of the reasons I no longer do.
Welcome back to the Religion Forum, big’ol_freeper.
a liberal and a liberal tell a leftwing rag they are communists.
these are not priests.
These Evangelical’s need to stick to their faith but stay the hell away from my Second Amendment Rights.
Who knows?If the Liberals have their way you might need a psychological background test to practice your faith.
And I’m sure they’ll start this out right by getting all the black gang members to register first?????
As the most pro-life, conservative voters in America, we need Evangelicals, but I don’t know why these two would even care to offer an opinion on something like this, it doesn’t seem related at all to religion.
Their problem is they trust the government to weed out criminals and those who are truly mentally ill. They don’t see that corrupt politicians, leftist doctor/nurses...can claim someone is mentally unstable because they are conservative. I don’t think they are thinking this out.
What is the current background checks then? Do these two even know what they are talking about?
Even Biden said Fed can not enforce the current law(s).
And these gun checks would have prevented Newtown how exactly?
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