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Opinion|Thu, Oct. 04 2007 10:16 AM EDT

Christians Must Be Careful Not to Engage in Political Friendly Fire

By Dr. Tony Beam|Christian Post Guest Columnist

But for me, the key issue is whether or not the states can be protected from being forced, by the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution to honor homosexual unions from other states. I believe Fred Thompson will definitely support an effort protect conservative states from radical states and I believe he will eventually agree with an amendment to protect marriage nationwide.

The bottom line is I disagree with Dr. Dobson’s assessment of Fred Thompson but I will not attack Dobson for expressing his opinion. We must not squander our unity on the altar of our personal preferences for president during the primary. We must leave room for each other’s passions knowing that soon we will need to come together if we hope to elect a true conservative as President. So for all who would speak publically about our differences I would join the Apostle Paul to “implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all gentleness, and with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:1-3, NASV).
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Dr. Tony Beam is Vice-President for Student Services and Director of the Christian Worldview Center at North Greenville University in Tigerville, South Carolina.

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  • Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:14 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

    What I going to write may make a lot of the good Christians angry but here goes.
    First I don’t think we need an amendment about marriages being between a man and a woman. The reason I say this is the federal government has to much control over our lives all ready. It should be left up to each state on how they address this issue.

    The more religion gets into government the worse things can get. Just remember keep on and one day you will awake to find that the government has decided to make a certain religion the religion of this country and it may not be the one you like.
    Here is another thought keep on with all this griping, petty stuff, fighting among our selves on which religion is best and so on, and again you might awake to find a religion that you really don’t want is taken over the country, Then we will have a religious war on our hand like they have in the middle east except it will be in the streets of home town USA not some foreign town called Baghdad or elephant ear Iraq.

    So just keep on and see what happens. May God bless every one.

  • Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:20 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

    " the complete loss of our influence in the political arena"...Is it not sad that we should even be concerned with this issue? Can we not just get back to spreading the Word?

  • Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:12 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

    I agree with you.We can voice disagreement without engaging in personal attacks.We do it on this website every day.

  • Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:48 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

    I suppose it depends on what your definition of attack is.

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