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Choose Candidates Based on Facts, Character Only

Choose Candidates Based on Facts, Character Only
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Dr. Alveda C. King By Wednesday, 20 January 2016 11:18 AM EST Current | Bio | Archive

“Pray for everyone you know . . . especially for rulers and governments . . . so we can be quietly about our business of living.” — 1 Timothy 2:1-3 MSG.

When asked about Gov. Sarah Palin's recent endorsement, I told Neil Cavuto on his show, when he asked me about "The Trump phenomenon," that: "Shake-ups aren't always bad."

In the upcoming days with all of the elections before us, let's be mindful and prayerful because our nation and our world are in trouble. Let's pray for all leaders and candidates and rely on God to guide us to the voting booths and obey God's directions when we get there.

No politics as usual, no dirty tricks. It can't be about our favorites this time. It's not to be a personality contest because there's too much at stake.

At the end of the day, we'll need to vote for a winner. We need to be able to cast a vote without having participated in character assassinations in order to advance our favorites.

We can't afford to hate any candidate.

We need to overcome abortion, heal and strengthen the procreative family; combat poverty aviolence, and racism. We need to minimize war and put America back to work.

We need to be free to worship God in the public square. We need to love each other in an Agape way; and as my Uncle MLK said: "We must learn to live together as brothers [and sisters] or perish as fools." 

Pray for America.

Dr. Alveda C. King grew up in the civil rights movement led by her uncle, 
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She is a pastoral associate and director of African-American outreach for Priests for Life and Gospel of Life Ministries. Her family home in Birmingham, Ala., was bombed, as was her father’s church office in Louisville, Ky. Alveda herself was jailed during the open housing movement. Read more reports from Dr. Alveda C. King — Click Here Now.


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Let's pray for all leaders and candidates. We'll need to vote for a winner. We need to be able to cast a vote without having participated in character assassinations.
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