For the previous post, see here. Each weekend I am writing on a novel about some students at a Christian college from 2016-2020 and the current phenomenon being called faith deconstruction.
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... For Matt, the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage was one of the worst moments in American history. “Obama has brought so much judgment on America because of his sin,” he said once.
“But he isn’t even on the Supreme Court,” April responded in frustration.
“Doesn’t matter,” he continued. “He supported it. We’ve got to elect Republicans as president so we can stop these activist judges and reverse Roe v. Wade and Obergefell. There’s just no other choice. You can’t be a Christian and vote for a Democrat.”
April looked at him in disbelief. Her parents had always voted for the Democratic candidate for as long as she could remember. Her dad was a Methodist pastor.
Brad represented the fourth type of student. They agreed with April and Jessica that Trump was a deeply immoral man. But they believed Hillary was worse. More than anything, they were worried about her stance on abortion. That issue more than any other would keep them from ever voting for a Democrat in a presidential election.
As he put it, Brad would “hold his nose" and vote for Trump. There were some professors who seemed like that. Most of the ones in that category either didn’t vote at all or voted for the Libertarian or Green candidate. April believed that this group of Christians cost Clinton the election.
I didn’t know who to vote for. I listened intently to the lunch debates of my friends. They didn’t really even notice that I was there most of the time.
Once, out of the blue, Jessica blurted across the table, “Hey, David, who are you voting for?” I was startled that I would be put on the spot like that, but glad that she knew my name.
“I don’t know yet,” I quietly answered a few seconds later. But by then their argument had continued...
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