Are We Free Yet or Are Our Choices Sins?

Post 2008 Election



President Elect Obama is not yet inaugurated and the Religious Right is going after him with vengeance. I received two Petitions to have him impeached. The Religious Right wanted another Bush (Senator McCain) and his Christian side kick (Governor Palin) as a guarantee that the Prohibitions of Abortions, Gay Marriages and Death with Dignity would be the law. The American voters said “thanks, but no thanks anyway!”.

The wars, terrorism, economy melt-down were never the focus of the many Christian Groups whose only concerns were a one world power based on Jesus Christ. Even as a child I understood that Christians wanted this but were stopped cold by the First Amendment.

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of

Religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;…

Americans have the freedom to build and fill any number of Churches they wish. But do they have the freedom to use the power of their Congregations to elect local and federal Representatives? They are given a tax status that covers not claiming their receiving donations, as income. Turning their Sanctuaries into political meeting places breaks the First Amendment.

Since 2000 when President Bush began to hand out Faith Based Grants, the Churches have used this to sponsor political programs based on their own candidates. Pastor Rick Warren even had programs interviewing Senators Obama and McCain firing off questions about their Christian roots.

The Religious Right has since taken on bringing their groups together to elect one man/woman over another. The hidden agenda on this can be found all over the internet. I keep hearing them talk about “Conservative Values” and this is simply a force to federally ban Abortions, Same Sex Marriages and never anyone to determine how, when and where they may be allowed to die.

These are choices open to all American Citizens and visitors. Why are they considered sins in the eyes of Christians? I read nothing about this in the bible. Jesus never addressed these actions and the prohibitions seem to come from a group of angry “Christian Solders, Marching as to War” These intrusive laws can be found in the Vatican but not in the U.S. Constitution.

I took an interest in Christian values at the start of WW2, and began looking for Christians in my home and neighborhood. I saw little of value that made anyone superior or even recognizing others as equal. I attended a girl’s boarding school and met girls from all over the world who had many Gods other than Jesus Christ. It was when I got into working that my search extended out to my coworkers. I saw no Christian values anywhere. I saw cut-throat actions of the work force keeping the organization charts and who they would go after next. Is that Christian? Apparently it was and still is.

Look folks, I’m too old to worry about abortions; I am not gay but I have respect for those who are. So far, I do not have a terminal illness but have seen many die in agony. These freedoms of choice are what make Americans free! I have worked with many organizations trying to keep these choices for all Americans. There are no mandates to force these choices on others but a movement to prohibit them from discussion is now a plan from the Republican Party. Choices are Sins!

Could this be why the GOP lost House and Senate seats as well as the White House?

This is my political party folks, and I want it back without the silly actions from anyone planning Armageddon…….

I left the GOP because of the christo-fascists and neo-cons. It cannot be reforemed and you can't get it back. You might as well join another group that is 'financially' conservative and socially tolerant. It is called the LP.

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The law perverted! And the police powers of the state perverted along with it! The law, I say, not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose! The law become the weapon of every kind of greed! Instead of checking crime, the law itself guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish! - Frederick Bastiat