What You Should Know by Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz

 

The Christians and Evangelicals in South Carolina resurrected Newt Gingrich from a political grave.  

Yes, my dear readers, this past Saturday, January 21st, the Republican presidential primary took place in South Carolina, where four of the presidential candidates from that party argued the right to decide who will be the one who will get the opportunity to challenge President Barack Obama in the November General Election.

Mitt Romney, the ex-Governor from Massachusetts, Newt Gingrich, the ex-Speaker of the House, Rick Santorum, the ex-Senator from Pennsylvania, and Congressman Ron Paul from Texas, are the only ones left from the original ten Republican contenders that started the run to the White House.

On this occasion, the Christians and Evangelicals in South Carolina sent a message to the whole nation stating that they really believe in the biblical commandment to pardon those who repent and who publicly acknowledge their sin.

The victory that our brothers and sisters in South Carolina handed to Newt Gingrich was not even close.  It was an overwhelming and unexpected victory.

You should know that the most interesting aspect of Gingrich’s victory is that Christians and Evangelicals apparently overlooked the fact that Newt Gingrich has been divorced twice and married three times.  It seems to me that they thought if the Democrat President William Jefferson Clinton was pardoned and not condemned by his many infidelities, including having sexual relations in the White House with Monica Lewinsky, an intern, why should we in South Carolina not forgive Newt Gingrich who is divorced twice and married three times, when he publicly has admitted his wrongdoing and has asked for forgiveness?

Now the battle of the Republican Party moves on to Florida, where a great number of Christians and Evangelicals reside.  The Christian vote has become a force to reckon with, especially in the Southern States where in order to get elected the candidates have to establish his or her conservative credentials, reject homosexual marriage, reject abortion and show who is the closest one to biblical teachings.  What a difference to Christians in New York!

I would give anything to see the day when our God will open our eyes and we will see and follow the example of the Southern Christians, especially the examples given to us last Saturday by the Christians in South Carolina.

I hope and pray that the message sent by South Carolina Christians, when they came out as a strong voting block and voted their conscience,  will be followed by Christians all over the nation and that it will be the beginning of the resurrection for the respect and fear of Christian voting power in the nation.  Maybe this way we will finally have our faith and beliefs respected.

I am Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz, and this is what you should know.