First, here is an interesting link to the story of how Santa Claus saved Christmas, actually an account of the real St. Nicholas at the Council of Nicaea. The links on that page are also interesting.
The big issue immediately ahead of us is who will win the Republican nomination and run against President Obama. I think the common view of it being Romney versus the many anti-Romney candidates is pretty accurate. The majority of Republican voters want a strong, consistent conservative who will fight Obama and the Democrats hard and effectively, and they don’t think that’s Romney. The whole field of Gingrich, Bachmann, Santorum, Perry, Cain and others seems flawed, and none have been able to emerge as the conservative champion. Romney stays at 25% and is running a disciplined, well financed campaign. I supported Romney against McCain in 2008, but now I am deeply troubled by him. The reason for this is his support for the homosexual political agenda.
At a time when the threat of legalized gay marriage looms as the next great step on destroying our country’s moral foundations, Romney’s history and shifting positions on this give us little reason to hope he will actively oppose it. He has also said on a number of occasions that he supports the idea of gay rights. What this means is unclear, but it certainly means he won’t spend any political capital opposing the homosexual political agenda.
The extreme danger posed to our society by the homosexual political agenda is not understood by many people. A group that does seem to get it is the Rabbinical Alliance of America which has issued an excellent statement opposing the homosexual agenda and another calling for the Mormon Church to sanction Romney for promoting this agenda. (It’s a sad day when the fate of Christianity in America depends on Orthodox Jews and Mormons fighting for decency.) Here is a link to my previous postings on this subject.
The smart money is betting Romney will win the nomination. Others think no one will have enough delegates and the nominee will be chosen in the Convention. We need to support whoever seems to have the best chance of getting enough delegates to prevent Romney from having it locked up before then. If Romney is the nominee careful consideration may even have to be given to supporting Obama in order to prevent the Republican Party from joining the Democratic Party as a mindless tool of the enemies of God’s moral law.
What a thought that we would vote for a disaster in order to save a party. And what pray tell would that party do after all the demons of hell have been released to serve a godless nation the fruit of its own hedionisim.
My hope along this line would be a majority in the House and Senate and then a move to impeach Obama on charges of high crimes and misdemeanors for his failure at enforcing immigration laws and Fast and Furious, as well as bribery from unions.
The demons are already released. The problem is they have no opposition. I am worried here about losing the Republican Party as an effective platform for that opposition.
My first shock was how easily the Republicans rolled over for allowing homosexuals to openly serve in the military. Opposing this was a big item for social conservatives and the Republicans in the Senate who could have filibustered it instead ignored us and provided six or seven votes for it.
So we bust a gut supporting a party that will never pay us any attention?
I’m saddened that we draw the line at homosexual behavior rather than at extra-marital behavior. Sleeping together or living together is winked at … unless you’re the same sex. I don’t believe any candidate is pushing a no sex before marriage agenda.
Maybe it is not so much what’s wrong with the party as it is what happens to “good” men when they go to Washington. It seems to me that whatever they did possess in good sense and moral values is predetermined to be junk currency when it comes to negotiating. The whole idea of compromise as the wheel of fortune, at its core, is a downward spiral. Especially when the deal is made between two mutually exclusive and unequal ideas. I always liked the intent of our founding fathers in that govenmental change should be slow and difficult. Like two stubborn opposing forces in a tug-of-war. If anything the outcome sure looks rigged to me.
I agree that the line should be drawn at “no sex outside the bounds of heterosexual marriage.” But that battle was lost yesterday. Today the battle is just trying to hold on to the definition of marriage at all. Santorum has said that our laws should conform to Biblical moral law in general, which is a good statement.
Strong majorities in the House and Senate might not be enough. One thing I did not consider enough was the danger of Obama picking more Supreme Court Justices in a second term, which our Republican Senators would rubber stamp for sure. That outweighs my concern for the Party, so I would have to back Romney if he is the nominee. But I think I’ll send Santorum some money tonight.