In another example, the Coalition s voter guide in the race for Alabama s Supreme Court Chief Justice highlighted Roy Moore, infamous for posting the Ten Commandments in his courtroom, as agreeing that the unborn child is a fellow human being. In Nebraska, the guides were so clearly unfair that the Christian Coalition s state affiliate asked churches not to hand the literature out. To the surprise of many, Robertson, an ardent Bush backer, boasted on the Nov. 6 episode of his 700 Club program that he personally intervened to make sure the voter guides achieved their goal. Well, I have a little pride of authorship in the presidential one, Robertson said, because I made sure that I did a redraft on that myself. There s 14 issues on the voter guide that cover the full spectrum from national defense to the BTU tax to gun policy.
People can make an intelligent decision on who to vote for.
Recent comments from Coalition leaders suggest that the guides do far more than leave it up to people on who to vote for, and actually encourage evangelical voters to support specific candidates. In fact, Christian Coalition leaders have effectively admitted that the voter guides are partisan. You know, we re not under the obligation to put out any literature for anybody. Observed AU s Lynn, Robertson has admitted that his voter guides are put out on behalf of certain candidates. Thus, they can t be lawfully distributed by churches.