{"id":2056,"date":"2006-11-02T14:33:50","date_gmt":"2006-11-02T19:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2006\/11\/02\/is-it-a-sin-not-to-vote\/"},"modified":"2006-11-02T14:33:50","modified_gmt":"2006-11-02T19:33:50","slug":"is-it-a-sin-not-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2006\/11\/is-it-a-sin-not-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It a Sin not to Vote?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breakpoint<\/a> Charles Colson November 1, 2006<\/p>\n

Christians in the Public Square<\/em> <\/p>\n

Is it a sin not to vote?<\/p>\n

That’s a question that’s been very much in the news in the wake of the supposed expos\u00e9 by David Kuo, author of Tempting Fate. Kuo, a former aide to President Bush, says he became disillusioned when he heard administration staffers call evangelicals “nuts” and “goofy.” He was also bothered that staffers used political judgments in deciding where to hold briefings. Really? What administration since George Washington has not considered politics when scheduling meetings? As for the “nuts” charge\u2014assuming it’s true\u2014well, I’ve probably used the same term myself to describe some overly zealous brethren.<\/p>\n

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Kuo’s book is of particular interest to me because he credits my book Kingdoms in Conflict with both launching his political career and warning him about evangelicals in politics. I’m flattered that my writings influenced David, but he really needs to read my book more closely. And as a Christian who has worked with President Bush on issues ranging from AIDS to sexual trafficking to slavery in Sudan to prison rape, all of which the president delivered on, my experience could not be more different from what David describes.<\/p>\n

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