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Christian Isn’t Partisan

She likes Dr. Pepper.
There aren’t any CC photos of a nonpartisan Christian voter.
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Dee is a Christian blogger with dyslexia and dysgraphia who has taught herself to like writing. She’s also a fan of theme parks and Dr. Pepper, especially if it’s bottled in Dublin, Texas. Last month, she got to thinking about assumptions people make about party affiliation. She’s lived in a college town where voting for a Democrat was thought the only intelligent option. She also recognizes that many Christians see a Republican as the only choice. She bristles at both of these ideas (thanks, Ann Raber):

First, I just do not like the idea of being loyal to a particular party. I do not need a political party to tell me how to think or what issues I should value. I am an intelligent human being capable of analyzing the situation and voting for the issues I believe are important. I vote issues not parties. […]

Saying that one party is more “Christian than the other” is really disconcerting. The Democrat and the Republican parties are political organizations neither is particularly religious. Last time I checked we do not live in a theocracy. Both parties have individuals who are devoutly religious as well as those who are non-religious.

Dee laments the fact that she no longer lives in a state with open primaries. It feels “unconstitutional” to her to have to select a party affiliation.