It is a good measure of those who will use their religion to guide their vote
I've never heard that.
Is that a guess of yours? Or have you seen studies tracking that?
It would be really helpful to see religious pro-life blacks tracked by weekly church attendance and voting Republican.
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The 17% came from a report that was posted online in a forum but I didn't retain a link other than my memory. It gave stats for attending every week / once a month/ occasionally / on major holidays X-mas and Easter etc. etc.
How would a study tracking pro-life blacks be helpful other than, perhaps, as fuel for a racist dialogue?
If they are pro-life they more than likely would be considered Republican voters ... not many Dem voters succumb to the pro-life lies and doctored videos.
Personally I am pro-life AND pro-choice. I wouldn't want a female in my family to have an abortion ... but I respect her right to choose for herself without me thinking any the less of her. It isn't a religious issue for me ( an agnostic / atheist depending on the mood of the day ) but more of an emotional one.
And, although I say I'm pro-life --- I would NEVER vote to ban abortions NEVER NEVER NEVER.
After all God aborts millions of potential fetuses every day around the world.
He causes or allows fertilized eggs to fail to attach to the uterine wall which is a form of abortion ( I believe some birth control works that way ).
Even after they HAVE attached to the uterine wall, millions of fetuses are miscarried every day and don't get to live.
GOD DID THAT.
You know --- the God I don't believe in. But the same God the pro-life people claim hates abortion. The same one who just aborted half a million fetuses this morning around the world.
Not to mention other worlds in the multiple universes out there.
But you probably do believe.
My question was about if 17% is really the dividing line on who "uses" their religion to guide their vote.
Tracking religious blacks would help verify or debunk your claim, because I've known quite a few religious pro-life blacks who vote dem.
And save the Race Card for someone who cares.
Whatever the Pro-life numbers are in the black community, it isn't the numbers the gop is getting.
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