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It is not ironic because Republicans (for the most part) proudly proclaim their faith in God and believe this country was originally founded on godly principles (with obvious exceptions). It is ironic because the Democratic Party has proclaimed to be the "working man's" political party for many decades (though it's highly debatable). Yet, the middle-class and below, who proclaim faith in God by a majority, are clearly being duped by the Democratic leaders who just as clearly do not.
Yes, the one reference to God and Jerusalem being acknowledged were eventually put back into the platform: but only after a week of bad political press that they were trying to squelch. And even then it required three consecutive rounds of voting before it was re-accepted. And a cacophony of "boos" by many so-called Democratic Party leaders erupted immediately following the "affirmative" vote over one pitiful reference to God in a country that claims to be founded on godly principles.
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If you truly believe in God it is clearly hypocritical to imagine we, as the creations, can vote the Creator out of the political arena with a "yay" or "nay" and a stroke of a pen. It is equally hypocritical to believe there should be a total separation of church and state. A believer cannot vote against what they believe God stands for. If they do, than they honestly do not believe their god is a holy god. After all, if you say you believe in the biblical God, and that God condemns specific things, yet you still vote for them, what does that tell you? It tells you that you don't believe your god and you do not fear your alleged god's consequence to your disobedience: either he's not holy or he's too weak to bother you (according to that type of belief and action). But if your god is so weak and unholy how can he save you? In fact, how can such a god be of any use to you?
Personally, I have witnessed events that defy the laws of nature, so I believe in God. That belief is special to me. My faith has helped me endure great adversity and pain. And I know that some day I must answer for all my thoughts, choices, and actions. So I will not vote for any political leader or party that wants to remove God from their decisions.
