Went to hear a talk by Dr. Chuck Baldwin in Ocala, Florida today. He was the Campaign 2004 Consitution Party vice-presidential candidate. Dr. Baldwin, who is a well-known Christian pastor, said both major parties are “owned by big money interests.” He also said most pastors in the U.S. are preaching a “prosperity mentality” and not dealing much with the Pro-Life issue, the homosexual issue… While I believe this as well, during the question and answer period I told Dr. Baldwin I didn’t believe in several of the Constitution Party platform points. For one, part of the Party’s Foreign Policy statement reads: “We would end all aid to foreign governments.” So, for instance, there would be no governmental aid to Africa for the AIDs epidemic, no governmental aid to the Indian Ocean tsunami victims… I said that while the Constitutional Party, apparently, adheres to the teachings of the Bible, this didn’t seem to match up with the spirit of Jesus’s message about stridently trying to help the disadvantaged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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