Garrard County man running for House of Representatives because of Christianity
Dec 11th, 2009 | By Julie Fite, Contributor | Category: Around the Commonwealth
Earlier this week, Garrard County resident Roger Milton Ayres filed to run against Representative Lonnie Napier (R) in the 36th District.
“Our president said a few months ago that we’re no longer a Christian nation, and it just made my blood boil a little,” Ayres told AMNews.
The speech in question wasn’t given a few months ago however, it happened on June 28, 2006. The exact text of U.S. President Obama’s June 28, 2006 speech was:
Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation – at least, not just. We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, and a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.
Ayres said he wants to stand up for family values and the Christian faith and is against abortion and gun control.
House District 36 included all of Garrard County, and most of Madison County.
Representative Napier said Ayres was a registered Democrat until recently switching to the Republican Party. Napier said he supports his Christian faith strongly just like Ayres does. He is pro-life and opposes gay marriage, he said. Napier also highlighted projects such as the widening of U.S. 27, the upcoming improvement of Ky. 52 and the recent addition of Pattie A. Clay hospital’s new Garrard County facility as proof he has been working hard for Garrard County.
Napier is confident that his support is strong and expects to win re-election to his 14th term. He thinks his position on the Appropriations and Revenue Committee makes him invaluable to Garrard County.
“If you don’t serve on Appropriations and Revenue, your chances of bringing money into your district is almost zero,” Representative Napier told AMNews.
Napier and Ayres will face-off in the May 2010 Republican primary. No Democrat or Independent has filed to run in the November 2010 General Election.
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It is good that someone is standing up for our Christian values.
This is not strictly a Christian nation. Stop shoving it down everyone throats. Religion causes bigotry, division, and to have a narrow perspective. It shouldn’t be a reason to run politically. What’s amazing to me is the support that is given to unborn fetuses while denying the rights of gay tax paying American citizens all in the name of religion.
[...] Apparently, Lonnie Napier isn’t doing a good enough job standing up for Christian values. United We Stand reports: [...]
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December 16th, 2009 9:56 AM
#1 Obama wasn’t speaking wrongly about Christianity , he was talking about this country being more than that now. We have Jews Muslims, I think he meant that this is a more diverse Country now tha it was say 10 or 15 years ago. only an opinion.
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December 16th, 2009 11:55 AM
#1 Obama wasn’t speaking wrongly about Christianity , he was talking about this country being more than that now. We have Jews Muslims, I think he meant that this is a more diverse Country now tha it was say 10 or 15 years ago. only an opinion.
I really think some Americans need to go back to 5th grade history and actully learn why America was founded and separated from England.