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| Representative Whitsett on left side of photo |
State of Michigan Representative (not US House Representative) State Rep. Karen Whitsett announced that she is not running for re-election.
"...I can no longer compromise it to fit a party platform or to please people,” Whitsett said."
"Whitsett said she “cannot reconcile” the Democrat Party’s platform with scripture. "
“For me, it is impossible to be a faithful follower of Jesus Christ while remaining a member of the Democratic Party as it exists today,” she said.
“I have compromised my relationship with Jesus for too long, and I’m grateful God did not give up on me. He gave me time to repent, turn, and be fully devoted to Him,” she added.
Whitsett specifically cited the party’s position on abortion, LGBTQ+, and “the push to redefine gender.”
"She said abortion in particular has been a scourge in the black community, and called it “black-on-black crime.”
“My allegiance is to Jesus Christ, and I’m choosing God’s business over man’s approval,” she said.
Hat tip to Coyote Ken
Good and Faithful Servent.
ReplyDeleteSad that people of the Word are clearly NOT welcome in Politics.
ReplyDeleteSeems our founding fathers were pretty smart:
John Adams: 'Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.'
I’m not so sure. The democrats and liberals have been at war with God for a long, long time. And she’s just realizing it now? Pull my other finger…
ReplyDeleteOf course she had known that for a long time. But when the money is good and everybody seems to adore you, you start to believe in impossible things. Things like, "I can sit between two bar-stools" or "I can stand with one foot in the canoe and the other on the dock forever" or "I can serve mammon and Jesus Christ at the same time".
DeleteGive the lady credit for growing up and burning through the denial.
Whitsett's 'Come to Jesus' moment was her COVID case in April 2020. Prior to that, she was an unquestioning advocate of the Black church's social agenda which is arguably Christian. She is not alone among Black Christians in her repudiation of the wild social excesses of the current Democratic Party. Black pastors are not going public, but they too are experiencing misgivings about the Democratic Party's expectations of fealty.
DeleteWe live in interesting times.
“ So render unto Caesar’s what is Caesar’s and unto God what is God’s”. This single sentence is what defines the separation of the Church from the state.
ReplyDeleteIrontomflint
I heard that quote quite a lot from my parents when I was a little one
DeleteShe could switch to the GOP....not that they are much of an improvement.
ReplyDeleteWell done to her!
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