Christians are looking for government to enforce their moral values but our government works with the majority and the majority never has nor will it ever be the measure of what is right. Christians in the first century could tell you. The church grew under Roman persecution and shrinks under Democracy. When Christians ask God for help which do you think he will choose?
When folks talk about wanting our government to return to Christian principles upon which they believe this country was established I wonder to whom those principles were applied.
In 1837 President Martin Van Buren said, "No state can achieve proper culture, civilization, and progress as long as Indians are permitted to remain." .
In April 1850, the California legislature passed a law that stated "In no case shall a white man be convicted of any offense upon the testimony of an Indian" That meant the law mandated that crimes against native Americans would go unpunished.
Add to that the inalienable rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence applied only to white-male landowners. The same people who bragged they would never be slaves to England owned slaves.
Recently a republican announced he has changed his position on the subject and now supports same-sex marriage as did Hillary Clinton. What I have suggested appears to be coming to be and that is when Christians depend upon government to promote their moral views they must understand what government prohibits government may permit.
Christians prayed in 2008 and in 2012 that God ensure the right person was elected and both times he gave them Obama. If Christians are going to ask God for something shouldn't they accept what he gives them?
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