Are Evangelical Roy Moore Supporters Hypocrites?

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: CHRISTIAN POST

URL: https://www.christianpost.com/news/are-evangelical-roy-moore-supporters-hypocrites-206831/

by Michael Brown


Over the last 18 months, evangelical Christians have been asked how they could vote for a serial adulterer like Donald Trump while condemning the alleged serial adulterer Bill Clinton as unfit for office. The general response has been: 1) Trump was certainly not our ideal candidate and we do deplore his past; but 2) he seems to have made some changes and is open to our input; and 3) it was either him or Hillary Clinton, and for the sake of the unborn, for the sake of our religious liberties, and for the sake of our security, he got our vote.

Has this compromised our moral authority in the eyes of many Americans?

On the one hand, it certainly has. Our vote for Trump is thrown back in our face on a regular basis and we are linked to anything he says or does that is untasteful.

On the other hand, it really has not, since we have been mocked and vilified and called hypocrites and haters for years now. Do we really think that if many of us did not vote for Trump, the society in general would be more open to hear our views about homosexuality and abortion? Hardly.

When it comes to Judge Roy Moore, we are being asked how any of us could not immediately recognize his guilt, since the mounting evidence against him seems overwhelming. Plus, we seem to believe the bad reports about Hollywood moguls and celebrities and leftwing politicians. Why the double standard here?

First, all of us have biases, conscious or otherwise, and it's all too natural to defend people who are close to us and question people who are distant from us. For example, a devoted liberal Democrat would be far less likely to entertain an accusation against Barack Obama than against Ted Cruz. Conversely, a staunch conservative Republican would be much more likely to entertain an accusation against Obama than against Cruz.

This is reminiscent of the intense drama that unfolded when Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of crass and abusive behavior. Liberals rallied around Hill and conservatives stood with Thomas.

As much as we try to avoid partisan emotions, it's only human nature to have them, in which case we must always check to see if we're even making the attempt to be unbiased. Are we? Do we do our best to ask critical questions? Do we give the presumption of innocence to all, even if our first reaction is to condemn those we don't like? Do we weigh all accusations fairly?

Second, when it comes to Judge Moore, we're not just dealing with the possibility of double standards. We're also dealing with extreme skepticism towards leftwing media and extreme suspicion of the political system. So, what may appear to be an extraordinary display of hypocrisy, as conservative evangelicals stand by a man accused of abusive sexual contact with minors, may really be a display of distrust of the left.

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[TomSea]

The Alabama governor endorsed Moore because she said the US Supreme Court might depend on it, she also said something like this doesn't mean that she does not disbelieve the girls.  https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/alabama-governor-announces-support-roy-080000739.html

SC Senator Tim Scott is now saying, another candidate should be run.  https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/19/sen-tim-scott-says-roy-moore-should-quit-alabama-r/

So, today is the 19th, the election is Dec. 12th. But of course, it doesn't appear anyone else is going to run. At this moment, I think there would be time to get something done per a write-in, others say no.

[libertybele]

Roy Moore has been accused.  He has not been convicted other than by those who believe that he is guilty.  There is no way to prove that he is guilty, unless he was caught on camera or there was an audio tape of an event.  Keep in mind that he has served in the political arena for 40 years and this is the first time that he has been accused of any such behavior.