My grandfather was a \u201cYellow Dog Democrat\u201d – a political term applied to voters in the Southern United States who voted solely for candidates who represented the then conservative Democratic Party. They would allegedly vote for a yellow dog before they would vote for a Republican. He was also a faithful member of the Central Christian Church, then a very conservative part of the Disciples of Christ denomination. Along came the presidential election of 1960. The Republican nominee, Richard Nixon, was not even on my grandfather\u2019s radar. But the democratic nominee, John F. Kennedy, was a Roman Catholic, and my evangelical, conservative grandfather would never vote for one such nominee. I\u2019m not sure how he voted, he may well have written in his own name, but I know for a fact that he voted, considering it his sacred duty as an American. Two other things I know for sure: (1) Whoever he voted for didn\u2019t win, but he prayed for him daily, because his Bible told him to pray for those, \u201cwho are in authority\u201d (1 Timothy 2:2), and (2) He never protested the results of the election, in fact, I never heard him say one negative word about his new president. In these days of non-voting, (\u201cbecause I can\u2019t approve of either candidate\u201d), name-calling of the candidate, and family), threats, accusations, protests, and even rioting, may the memory of my grandfather\u2019s political practices, if not his persuasions, live again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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