{"id":45235,"date":"2016-08-06T16:22:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T20:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45235"},"modified":"2016-08-06T16:22:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T20:22:53","slug":"people-of-conscience-must-reject-a-clinton-presidency-a-moral-imperative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45235","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;People of conscience must reject a Clinton presidency&#8217; &#8212; A Moral Imperative"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"posttitle\">PASTOR: CAN YOU LIVE WITH KNOWING YOU ALLOWED A PRESIDENT HILLARY?<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"deck\">&#8216;That&#8217;s the real question for all of these people talking about their &#8216;conscience&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_45236\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/140718hillaryz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45236\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/140718hillaryz.jpg\" alt=\"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifying before the Senate on Benghazi\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/140718hillaryz.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/140718hillaryz-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifying before the Senate on Benghazi<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWND.com<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz told conservatives at the Republican National Convention to \u201cvote your conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican strategists linked to establishment figures like Jeb Bush are leaving the GOP <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2016\/08\/top-jeb-bush-adviser-leaves-gop-over-trump\/\">because they can\u2019t bring themselves to vote for Donald Trump.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elected Republicans, cowed by the media, are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2016\/08\/republicans-pile-on-trump-in-khan-fracas\/\">piling on Trump in defense of Khizr Kahn.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Marvin Bush, brother of George W. Bush and Jeb Bush, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/andrewkaczynski\/jeb-bushs-brother-marvin-endorses-gary-johnson-for-president\">has endorsed Gary Johnson for President<\/a> because he \u201cwants to have a conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But pastor Carl Gallups, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/superstore.wnd.com\/products_by_author\/Carl-Gallups?promocode=MSTORY\">\u201cBe Thou Prepared\u201d<\/a> and a prominent Christian supporter of Republican nominee Donald Trump, suggests the real moral burden lies with those who refuse to oppose what he believes is the frightening candidacy of Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill my conscience allow me to act in a manner so that Hillary Clinton will win the presidency and thus destroy this nation and the future of my children and grandchildren?\u201d asked Gallups rhetorically. \u201cThat\u2019s the real question for all of these people talking about their \u2018conscience.\u2019 Everyone else is going to have to live with the consequences of all of those who simply opt out of this election by not doing what they can to stop Hillary Clinton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gallups recently appeared on The Jim Bakker show to explain what he said was the critical importance of Christian participation in politics. He was critical of those who said Christians should stay out of the political process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re citizens and we have a right to be a part of the political process but more than that, we have a responsibility to be a part of all of that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gallups suggested many pastors have been convinced, incorrectly, they don\u2019t have the right to speak out about political issues from the pulpit. The leader of Hickory Hammock Baptist Church in Florida said the difference between \u201cpolitical: and \u201cspiritual\u201d issues is often overstated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPastors have been brainwashed, not all pastors, but a ton of them have been brainwashed or intimidated into believing that they can\u2019t stand in their pulpits and say, \u2018Thus sayeth the Lord,&#8217;\u201d said Gallups. \u201cRegardless of what the government says about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the dirty little trick that\u2019s been played on the church, the pervasive politically correct atmosphere. Let\u2019s take an issue like abortion \u2013 is that not a biblical issue? That\u2019s a biblical issue, that\u2019s a deeply spiritual issue. It goes to the demonic. But the government has stepped in over the decades and said this is a political issue. And we always hear the phrase \u2018separation of church and state.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gallups argued Christians need to understand they are not electing a pastor but someone who will set policies for the nation. The best they can hope for, said Gallups, is to have a leader who can provide space for Christians to promote their faith and create a revival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need people who love America and love the Constitution,\u201d said Gallups. \u201cWe need people who understand America\u2019s history and its foundation, who love the rule of law. And who will protect that, because if that\u2019s in place, then we are free to do what we\u2019re supposed to do. It\u2019s not the president that\u2019s supposed to be preaching the Gospel, it\u2019s you and me. But we can\u2019t do it if we have people in power who are constantly holding us down and trying to crush us out of existence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gallups told WND that is precisely what Hillary Clinton is trying to do. He urged Christians to understand the dire consequences which will result if another President Clinton gets to determine the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are just the facts \u2013 Hillary Clinton would replace Justice Scalia with another liberal, perhaps even ultra-liberal justice,\u201d he said. \u201cThis devastating maneuver would give the \u2018progressives\u2019 a 5-4 majority on the Supreme Court. And that doesn\u2019t count the times that Justice Kennedy might vote with the liberals (as we have seen him do on several occasions), giving them a 6-3 majority decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd don\u2019t forget: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 83. She has had numerous and serious health problems, including pancreatic and colon cancer, and heart problems. Justice Breyer is 78. Justice Kennedy is 80.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gallups said the ironic result of Christians sitting out of the election because of \u201cconscience\u201d could be the end of America itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is entirely within the realm of possibilities that the next president could nominate up to four justices to the Supreme Court in the next few years,\u201d Gallups warned. \u201cIf that president happens to be Hillary Clinton, because millions of Christians \u2018couldn\u2019t vote against their conscience\u2019, she would seal a far-left activist Supreme Court for many decades to come. And don\u2019t forget, she will be appointing numerous lower federal court justices on top of that! America as we have known it would be toast. Plain and simple. And the end would come like a flood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur nation would be ruled by unelected and largely unaccountable far-left judges. An uncooperative legislative branch would be ignored, as Hillary\u2019s government would merely rely upon liberal judicial fiat for its law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gallups cautioned Americans against assuming the Constitution would protect their rights, as the Supreme Court has shown it is willing to radically reinterpret the supreme law of the land.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have a Hillary Clinton Supreme Court, for starters, many of your First Amendment rights would be gone,\u201d Gallups said of the consequences. \u201cYour right to bear arms would be ancient history. Whatever privacy rights you have left now will also evaporate. Government intrusions and atrocities, all committed with the Supreme Court\u2019s sanction, will sweep down upon us. Look what has happened, even without a liberal majority on the Supreme Court. Listen to what Hillary is openly and currently boasting about doing should she become the president. Her agenda is evil \u2013 and it is clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gallups urged Christians to examine their conscience in a different way. He asked believers to really ask themselves if they are willing to inflict such a fate on their fellow Americans and fellow Christians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you really want to take this chance?\u201d he asked. \u201cDo you really want a president that couldn\u2019t even pass an FBI background check to be employed as an agent? Do you really want Bill Clinton back in the White House and thrust onto the world scene as a world leader? Do you really want all the Clinton baggage we were so glad to see leave the White House years ago simply step back in for four or, perhaps, eight more years?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gallups told Jim Bakker he doesn\u2019t believe Donald Trump will somehow save the country by himself. But he said as a Christian the stakes are too high to do anything but stand with the Republican nominee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think Donald Trump is the savior of America,\u201d concluded Gallups. \u201cI don\u2019t think he is the perfect candidate. There are parts of his platform I don\u2019t agree with. But I\u2019m saying on November the ninth, after the election, it is going to be one of those two people, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. 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