1.0Casting Stoneshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/castingstonesDr. Richard Landhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/castingstones/author/jmartinThe Party Platforms: Instructive Guides to Informed Voting - Casting Stonesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ihTpvpn7rQ"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/castingstones/2008/10/the-party-platforms-instructiv.html">The Party Platforms: Instructive Guides to Informed Voting</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/castingstones/2008/10/the-party-platforms-instructiv.html/embed#?secret=ihTpvpn7rQ" width="600" height="338" title="“The Party Platforms: Instructive Guides to Informed Voting” — Casting Stones" data-secret="ihTpvpn7rQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Ever since my election as president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission in 1988, the commission has published a party platform comparison guide to assist Southern Baptists and other people of faith as they seek to decide for whom to cast their ballots in the presidential election. This Party Platform Comparison Resource…