Can you be a Democrat AND a Christian?

Can a person be a Democrat and a Christian? First we have to look at what it is to be a Christian. The word “Christian” literally translates to be “Christ-like” meaning one who strives to maintain the same character as Christ. Many people assume that if you are born-again you are a Christian which is not necessarily true. You must be born again to be a Christian but you can be born again without being “Christ like”. So the title Christian is one earned after being born again not at the time of Salvation.

With that definition of a Christian established we look at some of the tenants of the Democratic Party.

1. Pro-abortion – The Democratic Party has come out strongly. Almost ghoulishly, in their desire to kill unborn children. Christ was very much against killing children as observed in Matthew 8:6 where Jesus states But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
2. Homosexual marriage – The Democrats have come out full force in support of what God calls an abomination.

3. Environment – The Bible teaches that man is over the animals. In an attempt to pervert God’s perfect order the Democratic Party is constantly pushing legislation that makes man lesser than the animals. Example; you can legally own a business whose only purpose is to facilitate the murder of unborn humans. But, you can be imprisoned for accidentally killing an unborn turtle.

4. Special protection for sinners while condemning the Saints – The Democratic Party has pushed through legislation to increase the penalty for crimes committed against those who chose to commit sodomy. When a homosexual and a heterosexual are the victims of the same crime the penalty for the offender should be the same but they are not. At the same time “hate crime laws” are being used to threaten Pastors for reading portions of the Bible that deals with the sin of sodomy.

Because of these and other examples I do not believe that someone can be both a Christian and a Democrat at the same time. That being said I am finding it harder to be a Republican and a Christian at the same time as well. This country must get back to the Christian roots that we were founded on. The values that carried us through the World Wars, freed the slaves, and made us the greatest country in the world.