{"id":451,"date":"2008-03-25T13:53:44","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T13:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/03\/can-mccain-be-christian-rights.html"},"modified":"2008-03-25T13:53:44","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T13:53:44","slug":"can-mccain-be-christian-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/03\/can-mccain-be-christian-rights.html","title":{"rendered":"Can McCain Be Christian Right&#8217;s Savior?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"scotus.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/211\/import\/scotus.jpg\" width=\"121\" \/>Reader <a href=\"http:\/\/wholy4christ.com\/2008\/03\/why-i-write-who-i-am\">Paul Shiras<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When the &#8220;Chosen&#8221; Right-wing Republicans controlled the Senate, House and the White House, they did nothing! Don&#8217;t expect that McCain, who is no different on the religious issues than Obama or Clinton, will be a Savior. Face it, the Moral agenda of Focus on the Family has lost in the Political arena.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>God-o-Meter responds: Wouldn&#8217;t the pro-life McCain, who has called for the overturn of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, be much more likely than Obama or Clinton to appoint a conservative anti-Roe justice to the Supreme Court? And isn&#8217;t that the Christian&#8217;s Right&#8217;s top concern\/goal?<br \/>\nYou can allege that Focus on the Family&#8217;s agenda lost in the political arena even when the GOP controlled all branches of government&#8211;there were no constitutional amendments banning gay marriage or abortion&#8211;but that across-the-board control is what got John Roberts and Samuel Alito on the Supreme Court. And that&#8217;s what led to the Supreme Court&#8217;s upholding the Partial Birth Abortion Act last year. With one more conservative appointment, the high court could overturn Roe. That&#8217;s how McCain can become the Christian Right&#8217;s savior.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reader Paul Shiras writes: When the &#8220;Chosen&#8221; Right-wing Republicans controlled the Senate, House and the White House, they did nothing! Don&#8217;t expect that McCain, who is no different on the religious issues than Obama or Clinton, will be a Savior. 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