Frustrated with Conservative Voters

I find myself becoming more and more frustrated with conservative, Christian voters and their narrow-minded,albeit, passionate propagation of the absolute necessity (and biblical mandate) to vote for John McCain. While I agree that McCain may be the best choice for President, I do not agree with the reasons and tactics many conservative, Christian voters use to manipulate and convince people to vote for him. Here are just a few of my pet-peeves:

1. Focusing only on Abortion and Marriage
Most people I know who are voting for John McCain are doing so simply on the issues of abortion and gay-marriage. While these are important issues, they are not the only issues. We are never going to have a candidate that we fully and completely agree with. We must consider all the issues and use discernment when selecting a candidate.

2. Violating the Separation of Church and State
Christians love separation of church and state as long as it is the state staying away from the church, but the church is often guilty of not staying away from the state. Just this week during a Sunday evening service I received a "prayer guide" that led me in a prayer of victory for John McCain and Sarah Palin while praying for the eyes of those misguided souls voting for Obama to be miraculously opened. I do not belive that it is the church's responisbility to promote or support a specific candidate. We all have the right and responsibility to vote for whomever we want.

3. Assuming that Republican and Christian are synonymous terms
Just for the record, Republican does not mean Christian and Democrat does not mean Satanic.

4. Forgetting a Biblical perspective on God and Politics
I was reminded the other day of the Jews desire for a "political" Savior throughout the Old and New Testament. But God was (and is) not interested in political kingdoms, only spiritual ones. We need to spot wasting our time hopeing for a revival in our political systems and start fulfilling the great comission to go and make disciples of all peoples. God is interested in individual souls, not national platforms.