{"id":591,"date":"2007-04-21T19:56:51","date_gmt":"2007-04-21T19:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/?p=591"},"modified":"2007-04-22T18:11:27","modified_gmt":"2007-04-22T18:11:27","slug":"a-christian-view-on-the-local-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/a-christian-view-on-the-local-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"A Christian View On the Local Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church have a briefing on the 2007 Local Elections in England <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jointpublicissues.org.uk\/jpit_englishlocalelections_0307.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\">here<\/a>. They begin by giving a very clear summary of what local  elections are about:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The issue in local elections is not about how the country is run as a whole, but about how our children are educated, how our elderly are cared for, what provision is made for homeless people, what happens to our rubbish, where the planners let us build homes, offices and factories, whether we have enough open space, where our children play and how we get around<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They also mention that not <em>all<\/em> parties are compatible with Christ&#8217;s teachings:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Recently there has been growing support for political parties that advocate policies of hatred and fear of racial, religious or other minorities. 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