Christians and Cope

There has been a lot of hype and activity with Christians joining up with Cope. There justification is that the leaders have committed to morals and values and wow, have even started a forum to interact with the religious sector!

No offense to any of these brothers and sisters but can we really be so naive? Is this any different to Zuma having himself ordained as a minister. Or the establishment of the Moral Regeneration Movement, which was nothing more than an attempt to discredit Christianity? (Those wanting info on this feel free to contact me.)

These core leaders were once decision makers in the ANC and to a lesser degree the DA and other parties. Where was their commitment to these values then? Why did they not stand up for what they now so suddenly believe in?

It is these very people that legislated pornography, abortion etc. It is they that corrupted our schooling system and removed all credibility from our police force and justice system. Now they have a change of heart :-)

There are two alternatives these Cope leaders must address honestly and publicly. They either do not believe in these values they now profess, or they value towing the party line more than their personal convictions. Either way what's going to change?

I believe that in order to show their serious intent to actually put action to their promises we need in writing, a commitment from Cope or even from individual leaders that they will vote in favour of these Christian values. That they will publicly take a stand against abortion.

Until then the evidence says they are grandstanding - simply gathering votes. And targeting the Christian vote.

And every Christian that takes part in the establishment of this new anti Christian values party, will have to be held accountable for the part they played.