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2011年1月13日星期四

基督徒對美國總統選舉的影響

基督徒對美國總統選舉的影響基督教是有很多派幾系.

Evangelical Christians are influencing recent U.S. elections! One in
four U.S. adults
count 認為 themselves as evangelical 新教徒;福
音派教徒 or "born-again" Christian, giving them
electoral clout
舉力量 in a country where religion and politics often mix. And,
the evangelical community is more
fractured 分裂 than it has
been in the past.
All of the
contenders 爭奪者 in the presidential race --
Republican
presumptive 可據以推定的 nominee 被提名人 John
McCain and Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton who are
battling for the Democratic
crown 錦標 -- are Protestant
Christians.

Obama importantly in evangelical eyes had an adult "
conversion
experience
改變信仰經驗" into the United Church of Christ
督聯合教堂 while Clinton was raised a
Methodist (基督教)循道宗
教徒. McCain grew up in the mainline
Episcopal faith 英國國教的
信仰 but now attends a
Baptist church 浸禮會教友教堂 in Phoenix 鳳凰城.

Analysts say if Obama is the Democratic nominee he could make
inroads into this Republican
bloc 團體 because of his frank talk
about faith and
appeal 迎合 to young evangelicals.

McCain, a prisoner of war in Vietnam and Arizona senator, faces
the difficulty of
wooing 懇求;爭取 skeptical 懷疑論的,不可知論的 religious 虔誠的 conservatives 保守支持者 within his own party
who view him as soft on some of their core issues, such as stem-
cell research and gay marriage.

But Clinton, a New York senator who is an object of
wrath 憤怒
in many conservative Christian circles because of her liberal
positions and feminist image, could draw them to the polls for
McCain in numbers that a match-up with Obama might not.

Is U.S. evangelical vote in play? Reuters Fri Mar 7, 2008 8:32am
EST

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