The other day my wife and I went to Wal-Mart to fill a prescription. We have recently moved to a new apartment. When we saw the booth at the front of the store to register to vote, we knew we better take care of it soon so we didn\u2019t miss out on the election.<\/p>\n
When we registered prior to the primaries, we both felt that as followers of Jesus we didn\u2019t fit under the hub of either \u2018republican\u2019 or \u2018democrat;\u2019 so we both felt that it was right to become registered \u2018independents.\u2019 We respect people, who for their own reasons choose to identify themselves with a party, but for us, we wanted to make sure that we had a voice that would not be categorized by the \u2018box\u2019 of either major label.<\/p>\n
So, we went the booth where we were greeted by two kind men. Each of them took us as their project to make sure that we would fill out the paper work correctly (side note: we had done this about four months prior so we basically knew how to breeze through). As we were filling stuff out, we learned from the more vocal of the two (the man who was \u2018helping\u2019 my wife) that he was a church going man. We obviously have great respect for this as we are both followers of Jesus.<\/p>\n
When it came time to identify a political party I immediately made clear that I wanted to be an \u2018independent.\u2019 My wife said that she would like to do the same thing, but was a bit less direct than myself (I didn\u2019t want to get into another wasted political conversation about two issues\u2026). On the table my wife noticed that there was an informative sheet of paper that gave the \u201cFACTS\u201d about Republicans in the first column and the Democrats in the second. She asked the man if it would be ok for her to take one, and that is when it got a bit ridiculous\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cSure you can\u201d he said. \u201cBut I can walk you though it really quick. Let me start out by asking you this\u2026 How do you feel about killing babies?!!!!!!!<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not a big fan of it\u2026\u201d my wife answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, the democrats sure are. How about gay marriage. Do you like that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fairly traditional.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow about guns, do you think the government should tell us that we can\u2019t have guns. The democrats don\u2019t allow people to own guns even though the constitution clearly gives us this right.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not a big fan of guns\u201d<\/p>\n
It was at this point I was really offended at how ignorantly he was treating my wife and about how he was using his post to manipulate her into being a republican (I know that this would have been to no avail because my wife is not going to be so easily persuaded).<\/p>\n
So, I finally turned over to her to show her the line where she needed to write in \u201cindependent.\u201d It was at this time that the man got upset and said\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a trained professional! Sir, let me do my job and stay out of this!\u201d<\/p>\n
At this point my blood is boiling\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I am just trying to look out for my wife!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOk\u2026 Ok.\u201d<\/p>\n
With this, she finished the form and we left.<\/p>\n
It got me to thinking\u2026 How pathetic is it that many Christians will resort to utter manipulation to \u2018win.\u2019 If someone that is not part of a faith community were to be in the same situation as my wife and I, how sad would it be if that put them over the edge about whether or not they would give Church a chance? I guess I am just sick of Christians acting like greasy car salesmen with toupee\u2019s and polyester suits! What are your thoughts?\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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