tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244623.post109958096193949666..comments2022-11-17T05:39:46.218-06:00Comments on Ever Vigilant: Thoughts on the Election from Doug PhillipsLee Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11254842261338255019noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244623.post-89864221712377875982008-02-19T12:42:00.000-06:002008-02-19T12:42:00.000-06:00If Ron Paul isn't the GOP nominee, then I will be ...If Ron Paul isn't the GOP nominee, then I will be writing his name in on my ballot. Period. I don't see myself going back to the CP.Lee Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11254842261338255019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244623.post-4926514394002799582008-02-19T11:06:00.000-06:002008-02-19T11:06:00.000-06:00Doug Phillips is now selling a sermon, "Biblical P...Doug Phillips is now selling a sermon, "Biblical Principles Of The Ballot Box." It sounds like it may be good. I wish I could listen to that sermon. Why doesn't Doug just put it on Sermon Audio so everyone can hear it without having to pay $16? That's a lot to pay for just one sermon. <BR/><BR/>In it Doug talks about supporting "third parties." No surprise there. His father heads up a third party. Isn't it obvious that the only third party he's really talking about is the Constitution Party? When Doug says third party he's not talking about the Green Party, Libertarian Party, Reform Party, etc. <BR/><BR/>I used to be a member of of the CP. Its motto is "Principle Over Politics." After years of finding myself a disillusioned Republican, I thought I'd finally found my home in the CP. I found out what a bunch of meaningless fluff "Principle Over Politics" really was when Howard Phillips (Doug's father and CP founder) sold out to the Mormons in the Nevada state party over abortion. Mormons believe that abortion is not only acceptable in the case of rape and incest, abortion is strongly encouraged. Mormons call those babies "womb trespassers." They believe those babies have no right to exist. They're encouraged to kill them. Howard sided with the Mormons and said that it was a matter of "state's rights" and that the other CP state parties couldn't impose their will on the Nevada party. The Nevada party was completely out of accord with CP's national platform which is 100% pro-life. Many of us wanted to throw the Nevada Party out. Howard fought hard to keep them in. For years he'd ridiculed the "big tent" philosophy of the Republicans, and he was right to do that. When forced to make a tough decision, he went big tent himself. Like thousands of others, I left the CP in disgust. <BR/><BR/>I happen to support a particular Republican candidate this time, and no it's not Huck or Romney or McCain or... He happens to be a real Constitutionalist. He's as much of a Constitutionalist as any candiate the CP ever had. I know he won't win the Republican Primaries. So I'll write him in, or perhaps he'll go Independent after he loses the Republican Primaries. I can vote my conscience that way, and I won't have to hold my nose voting for a third-party candidate in a third party that's even more hypocritical than the Republicans. <BR/><BR/>I still believe in principle over politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244623.post-39239866022864945682007-07-26T06:32:00.000-05:002007-07-26T06:32:00.000-05:00Personally, I don't understand her continued fixat...Personally, I don't understand her continued fixation on Doug Phillips. And as I understand it, his wasn't the only church that had problems with the Epsteins.Lee Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11254842261338255019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244623.post-1380902379241988432007-07-25T21:20:00.000-05:002007-07-25T21:20:00.000-05:00There's quite an interesting backstory on this. Ev...There's quite an interesting backstory on this. Evidently, if you're in Doug Phillips' church, Boerne Christian Assembly, and you don't agree with his political views, you can be excommunicated for it. This is what happened to Jennifer Epstein. In response to Doug Phillips' article she <A HREF="http://ministrywatchman.com/wp-content/uploads/voting_comment.pdf" REL="nofollow">submitted a written rebuttal</A>. In response Doug Phillips demanded an apology. When she asked for what she needed to apologize he said, <A HREF="http://jensgems.wordpress.com/2006/12/16/doug-phillips-its-always-the-womans-fault/" REL="nofollow">"You're going to pay for this."</A> He made her pay, along with her entire family. They <A HREF="http://jensgems.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/doug-phillips-excommunicates-by-star-chamber/" REL="nofollow">were excommunicated</A> in what Little Bear Wheeler likened to the Salem Witch Trials.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com