2007-03-08 01:53:18 · 23 answers · asked by Count Acumen 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Religious leaders are not suppose to encourage one way or the other. They have tax-exempt privileges for being a "church"...if they are going to involve this "church" in politics, they stop being a religious institution and become a regular business.
Anyone who can't make up their own mind, shouldn't vote anyway. If they really need someone to tell them what to do, they are not a fully mature citizen and shouldn't be permitted to vote.
2007-03-08 01:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
My "religious leaders" do not tell me who to vote for. They only tell me the position of candidates on specific issues. That's it.
2007-03-08 10:18:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, because:
1. I don't really have any religious leaders, unless my pastor counts.
2. My pastor doesn't tell us which way to vote. We're only told to vote our conscience.
2007-03-08 10:11:09 · answer #3 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not personally, but know many people that do. I once volunteered at a polling place that happened to be located in a church. Along with my duties of directing people where to go, I was told to hand them a "cheat sheet" of sorts of who to vote for. I left as soon as I realized what was happening. By the way, this church is no longer allowed to be a polling place in our community. I guess I wasn't the only one who complained.
2007-03-08 10:14:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
After the 2000 primaries, where evangelical leaders smeared John McCain, the man I would have voted for, I stopped listening to them.
I go with my own instinct, not theirs.
2007-03-08 10:02:24 · answer #5 · answered by brian2412 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No..I vote for the candidate who's issues are important to me.
Although I'm sure my religious upbringing does have some influence in the decision I make.
2007-03-08 10:00:10 · answer #6 · answered by stellablue1959 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. The decision on who I want to vote for is my own. (Right or Wrong) Although I feel having gone to church through my formative years has influenced the way I think and feel. And even though I only go to church on rare occasions now, I feel the pastors I know would never try to influence their congregations one way or another.
2007-03-08 10:07:19 · answer #7 · answered by Mikira 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not always...nobody tell me how to vote, sometimes my vote coincides with my religion, sometimes it doesn't. it isn't like there is one candidate that represents any religion...I am catholic, and reps have the war, and dems have abortion. Hence the reason I can't use religion when voting, ootherwise I coudn't vote for anyone....and that is what is NOW happening with the religious right. The reps no longer have their vote, so they are staying home.
2007-03-08 09:57:19 · answer #8 · answered by hichefheidi 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
good religious leaders don't tell you how to vote
2007-03-08 09:55:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
No. Like everything else, I consider others' viewpoints, and I am a Christian. In the end, I vote for the candidate I think is best qualified. (I frequently disagree with my pastor about his ultra-conservative viewpoints, however.)
2007-03-08 09:57:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋