When I
first started writing this opinion column, about a year ago, I feared I might
run out of things to write about. I thought that once I finished writing about
the core issues of a middle-aged, conservative, Christian and tea party issues
I would be scratching my head to find something else within the conservative
mind set. Luckily for me, the American left-leaning society, liberals, and the
liberal media didn’t let me down.
To most tea party followers,
conservatives, and independent minded people there are two documents that are
sacred, The Constitution of the United States of America/The Bill of Rights,
and The Bible. This kind of love for God and county seems to be stifled and
even sometimes discouraged by the left and liberal-minded media. For the
right-minded Americans, our society seems to be telling them that support of a
moral Christian faith, the right to bear arms, the right to free speech and the
love of country is only acceptable if it is done according to the left and
liberal mind-set.
We have seen this throughout the
year. Many Christians do not adhere to the idea of abortion or the need of
birth control, however, Sandra Fluke stood up in front of a House Oversight
Committee to tell us that she is so sexually active she can not afford her own
condoms and that it is her “right” to receive free contraception paid for by
the tax payer. Liberals seem to find different ways to let us know what they
think their rights are. Is it the right
of the tax payer to pay for the contraception of those who apparently have no
sexual moral compass?
For several years those on the left
seem to have come to the conclusion that guns operate on their own. Many
liberals have the belief that guns kill people. Therefore, in a world of pixie
dust and unicorns, removing guns would eliminate all deaths in schools, malls,
and public places. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world, or a
perfect country, for that matter. We all have the right to be safe, but does
that mean we need to ignore the 2nd Amendment for the sake of a few
people who are mentally unstable?
Earlier this year a Gresham bakery,
Sweet Cakes by Melissa, made national news by refusing to make a cake for a
lesbian wedding. The owners are Christians and they claimed making the cake for
that activity is against their religious views. Critics of the action claim
that the owners of the bakery are homophobic and have violated an Oregon civil
rights law. Unfortunately for the critics, according to www.oregon.gov, there was no violation for
not making a cake for the event. Was
there a violation of rights for the gay couple or the bakery? Maybe Sweet Cakes
by Mellissa could have made a cake for the gay wedding, but then the religious
rights of the bakery owner would have been violated. Again, in cases like this,
whose rights are more important and supersede the other?
More
recently anyone with access to cable TV, use of a computer, or have a smart
phone has probably seen the reaction of reality TV star Phil Robertson in GQ
Magazine. The phrase that has apparently upset the GLAAD group, the gay
community and a great deal of the liberal mindset was, “It seems like, to me, a vagina—as a
man—would be more desirable than a man’s anus. That’s just me. I’m just
thinking: There’s more there! She’s got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes!
You know what I’m saying? But hey, sin: It’s not logical, my man. It’s just not
logical.”, as found on www.gq.com. Robertson
went on to say, “Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there.
Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and
those men,” he says. Then he paraphrases Corinthians: “Don’t be deceived.
Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual
offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers—they won’t
inherit the kingdom of God. Don’t deceive yourself. It’s not right.”
The
words that were reported on may seem harsh to some, however, the words that not
everyone in the media heard or read were “We never, ever judge someone on who’s
going to heaven, hell. That’s the Almighty’s job. We just love ’em, give ’em
the good news about Jesus—whether they’re homosexuals, drunks, terrorists. We
let God sort ’em out later, you see what I’m saying?” If people claim that
Robertson is a homophobe for not agreeing with the gay lifestyle, does that
make people who do not agree with Christianity christiphobes?
The
left promptly prosecuted Robertson for an opinion and for reading scripture, on
the other hand Miley Cirus can lewdly dance on stage in front of families and
she is heralded as an artist with the rights of free speech. Suppose the
question is, once again, who has the most rights, a man who is exercising his 1st
Amendment guarantee of the freedom of worship, or the people who are offended
too easily by what they assume to be hate speech.
With
the trash that is on TV recently and the persecution of Christianity, I believe
it is safe to say who is being better protected by a skewed opinion of the 1st
Amendment. The freedom of speech is for all Americans and not just the ones who
agree with the liberal media. Maybe we should think about that the next time a
Christian or conservative says something that might be considered offensive to
people who have been offending the right-minded people for years, the liberal
left.
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