Evangelical Vote Key in South Carolina Primary
01/20/2012
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The likely Republican primary voters in the adult Bible study class at First Baptist Church have seen candidates' ads and devoured news coverage, but they listen most to a higher authority: God.
They worked through a lesson Sunday about the sanctity of human life, made in His image, discussing Genesis 1:27, snippets of Deuteronomy, and Matthew 5:17-24.
Although Southern Baptist churches observe the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision in this way every January, the timing was fortuitous, coming as it did right before Saturday's GOP presidential primary here.