Allegations against Roy Moore roil US evangelical ranks

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

For many evangelicals, fiery Alabama politician and judge Roy Moore has been a longtime hero. Others have sometimes cringed at his heated rhetoric and bellicose style.

Now, as Moore's U.S. Senate campaign is imperiled by allegations of sexual overtures to a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s, there's an outpouring of impassioned and soul-searching discussion in evangelical ranks.

"This is one of those excruciating decision moments for evangelicals," Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said in a telephone interview. "These allegations, if true, are devastating. If true, this is a very big deal."

Mohler said Alabama voters face a potentially wrenching task of trying to determine if the allegations — Moore has emphatically denied them — are credible.

According the Pew Research Center, 49 percent of Alabama adults are evangelical Protestants. For some of them, the Moore allegations echo the quandary they faced last year, wrestling over whether to support Donald Trump in the presidential race despite his crude sexual boasts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/allegations-against-roy-moore-roil-us-evangelical-ranks/ar-BBER7zW?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

In the end they supported Trump. It's more about power than belief in God.

[Iggo]

1. Sexual overtures. Attempted rape. To-may-to. To-mah-to. (n/t)

[safeinOhio]

2. They found a loophole

for trump and Moore.

[shanny]

6. Yup: the "if true" dodge

[Frustratedlady]

3. I feel sorry for their daughters if they have trouble making a decision over the Moore situation.

Maybe they caught themselves in similar situations and got by with it, so they feel sorry for Good Ol' Boy Moore and candidate D. Trump...looked the other way.

You now have a second chance. Pay attention. Look at what happened when you forgave Trump and voted him into the WH. Now we're all paying for it. For that, I just can't find it in my heart to forgive you. Don't make the same mistake again. Don't send another creep to Washington, DC. We're trying to clean out the swamp, not add to it.

[Bradshaw3]

4. "Excruitiating decision moment?

Seems a pretty simple decision to me, but I guess evangelicals have different morals than I do.

[Iggo]

5. The allegations are more credible than the denials. He's a kid-fucker.

Do the right thing, xians.

[Girard442]

7. The evangelicals crossed their Rubicon when they supported Trump.

Right now they're just whores figuring out how much they can charge for backdoor action.