Awhile ago I was called out for using the “no true Scotsman” fallacy, as described here.
I suggest that the statement “No real Christian could vote for Obama” (or indeed “for McCain”) is a perfect example of this fallacy.
I live in CA, and the editorial pages are filled with comments about the same sex marriage court decision and campaigns to change the CA constitution to overturn this. A striking number make claims, biblical and personal, that the notion of certain forms of marriage are God ordained. Like crusades, jihads, millions of petty cruelties [...]
