"We have to remember that righteousness exalts a nation, not economics," he said, "so do not vote your pocketbook. Forty-five percent of Christians vote economic issues over moral issues; that's not what God will bless. God will bless the moral issues, then your economics will follow that. So we have to come out of the closet and when we get out, we have to remember to think biblically when we vote."Notice how Barton tries to frame same-sex marriage as having to do with moral law. Like others of his ilk he is attempting to pull a fast one. The Levtical passages he is alluding to are not part of the moral law as I have noted before. The civil [judicial] laws of Israel [the laws that set the Israelites apart from their Pagan/Gentile neighbors] are not necessarily binding on people and nations today. But what is does minor technicality matter when you lie for Jeebus for a living.
When host Irvin Baxter of Endtimes Ministries asked if that meant that any presidential candidate who does not oppose gay marriage or legal abortion should automatically be dropped from consideration, Barton said that is exactly what it means.
"If you recognize same-sex marriage, that means you do not recognize an absolute moral law from God," Barton explained. "So if you're wrong on the same-sex marriage issue, you're wrong on God's moral law. If you're wrong on the life issue, you're wrong on inalienable rights. And those two are simple modern indicators of an overall philosophy that does comport with the founding documents or biblical principles."
Barton: God Will Not Bless America Economically If Gay Marriage And Abortion Are Legal | Right Wing Watch
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