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Not that I owe it to any of you but because I want you to know… I’m still “undecided” and plan on watching the convention speeches along with a few other vids over the next several weeks. Of course, then we’ll have the debates and all that jazz and I’ll have ample opportunity to make my decision. Yes, I lean twoards Obama, but there’s no finality to it.

During the primaries i took a quiz at govote.com, but I don’t recall the outcome. Last thursday I did the same and the results were surprising… It said I matched up 43% with Obama and 43% with McCain… that doesn’t really help much. I played with some of the questions where I was wish-washy (only about 5) and neither candidate got above 48%. The largest gap was 43% Obama, 33% McCain…I don’t know how much stock I can put into this site, but it was an interesting 45 minutes of my life (that also caused a couple of small civil arguments with Blake).

In anycase, I guess it comes down to what I think is most important based on where I am in my faith and in my life. I wonder, though, if fellow Christ followers are willing to let me decide what those issues are and respect the decisions… hmm… not so sure on that yet. I’ve been vocally called a “gay lover” (it was sarcastic, but still applies) and “unbiblical” and can guess some of the other terms thrown around, perhaps not about me specifically but about Christians who tend to lean towards Obama… Murderer, naive, uneducated, sheep, and *gasp* Socialist! …

I’ve got a draft working called “beyond the status quo” which is a list of things thing I generally tend to feel somewhat differently about than most Christ followers. I don’t know if I’ll post it or not… I’m not ashamed of it (and talk openly about them when the issues come up in person), but I don’t know if it benefits any thing to put it out here. But let me end my clarification by echoing the first line of the draft:

Can we not just put the flame throwers down and work together for the common good of God’s kingdom?

Thanks

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