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As a Christian woman who should I vote for?
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Dr Kathrine McAleese2024-07-03T08:00:00
Dr Kathrine McAleese shares her criteria for choosing who to vote for, and says: ’Character matters to God and as such, if I claim to follow God, then it should matter to me too.’
The UK general election is tomorrow and so I thought I would share a few of the values that are shaping my thinking. Note: I am NOT going to tell you who to vote for. That’s your work to do.
I am a Jesus follower. Christian faith doesn’t mean being all-powerful and trying to impose my faith on anyone else. No matter what some have misused it to try to do. And I’m not going to tell you what to believe, because ultimately that’s your homework to do.
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