Democracy has no place in the real world.
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But take gravity, for example. Gravity isn't democratic. We all just... fall. No vote, poll or election can change that.
With the Supreme Court ready to consider two cases on gay "marriage" next week, American democracy is set for an important test of its capacity to recognize reality for what it is. And respect it.
Based on recent polls, it's not clear if America is up to task. Take this week's article in the Washington Post. The focus is, "Should gay 'marriage' be legal? What do people think? What do politicians think? What do celebrities think?"
But there's no mention of what marriage is. In other words, we're ignoring the real question. The gay 'marriage' debate shouldn't be a no-holds-barred political free-for-all where everyone both claims to be loving and tolerant and at the same time accuses everyone else of bigotry. This debate is more important than that. It should be a deep study of what marriage is, and what that means for society.
In a nutshell, we need a good, calm, deep reality check.
Things like marriage, things like gravity simply are, whether we like them or not. They're reality. And reality doesn't depend on the will of the people. Votes can decide how to do things, what to allow, what to prohibit. Governments can change what things are called, but they can't change what things are.
The temptation of every democracy is to forget that simple fact. On paper, you can mold reality to fit the whim of the moment. Gravity can be abolished. Never again will children bloody their knees falling off a bike!
Gravity is real. And if you try to ignore that, you fall. Hard.
Take a look at the Washington Post-ABC poll here.
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But take gravity, for example. Gravity isn't democratic. We all just... fall. No vote, poll or election can change that.
With the Supreme Court ready to consider two cases on gay "marriage" next week, American democracy is set for an important test of its capacity to recognize reality for what it is. And respect it.
Based on recent polls, it's not clear if America is up to task. Take this week's article in the Washington Post. The focus is, "Should gay 'marriage' be legal? What do people think? What do politicians think? What do celebrities think?"
But there's no mention of what marriage is. In other words, we're ignoring the real question. The gay 'marriage' debate shouldn't be a no-holds-barred political free-for-all where everyone both claims to be loving and tolerant and at the same time accuses everyone else of bigotry. This debate is more important than that. It should be a deep study of what marriage is, and what that means for society.
In a nutshell, we need a good, calm, deep reality check.
Things like marriage, things like gravity simply are, whether we like them or not. They're reality. And reality doesn't depend on the will of the people. Votes can decide how to do things, what to allow, what to prohibit. Governments can change what things are called, but they can't change what things are.
The temptation of every democracy is to forget that simple fact. On paper, you can mold reality to fit the whim of the moment. Gravity can be abolished. Never again will children bloody their knees falling off a bike!
Gravity is real. And if you try to ignore that, you fall. Hard.
Take a look at the Washington Post-ABC poll here.
The state of America has diminished to the depths below anything that is right and good int he eyes of God. I know, "separation of church and state", but these people whom we elect to carry out OUR best interests do not use their Biblical conscience. Instead, they allow themselves to be literally bullied into voting for special interest groups. I'm afraid this is an infection that will never heal. I have accepted it. It will never change, not without sweeping ever single politician and the President out of Washington and beginning anew. That's an impossibility, so I can only pray for the rights of the unborn, the elderly, the homeless, and the Biblical statement regarding marriage between and woman and a man. I do not know of any verse regarding marriage between a man and a man, but if you know of one, please let me know. Thank you for the wonderful gift you have of writing and "making it stick"!
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