Civility

Recently, our local newspaper printed a letter from a gentleman condemning Gov. Romney for his statement that President Obama won re-election this November because of "gifts" he provided certain demographic groups.  The letter writer was also quick to condemn statements made by attorney Matt Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law as a message of  "fear, paranoia, xenophobia, homophobia and religious bigotry.  His language was that of the typical liberal whose motto can only be classified as - 'do as I say, not as I do'.

 Following is my response letter to the editor dated Nov. 22nd:

A One Way Street?

Over the past week or so, the news has been inundated with stories about Dan Cathy, President and CEO of Chick Fil A who was interviewed by the Baptist Press and verbalized his Christian belief regarding marriage.  He, along with other Christians (myself included) believe that marriage is based on the Biblical value of - 'marriage is the unity of one man and one woman'.  This is his personal belief  and that of his family.   Understand - he did not say that he would deny persons with a different point of view than his the right to eat in or work at any of his restaurants nor did he say anything hateful about them. 

A Brave Pastor

Since President Obama came out (evolved) with his support of gay marriage, there have been various  comments, pro and con, from numerous religious leaders as well as elected officials.  I, personally, believe that the President has deliberately put the African American community in a position of having to make a choice - that is to  choose between what their religious belief is and has always been or loyalty to a man of color who happens to be the leader of the free world.  Many of these African American religious leaders have said that although they do not agree with the President on this matter or even on his abortion stance, they will still support him in November.  Sad, when God plays second fiddle to a mere human. 

Religious Activism

Two items of note:

First Item - 

The author of The Exorcist, William P. Blatty is preparing to help students (and possibly others) of Georgetown University prepare a canon lawsuit to be filed with the Archdiocese of Washington and the Vatican.  Mr. Blatty is a Georgetown alumnus and expresses his immense displeasure that Georgetown is no longer true to the Catholic identity he was familiar with as a member of the class of 1950.  The purpose of the canon lawsuit seeks remedies "up to and including possible removal or suspension of top-ranked Georgetown's right to call itself Catholic or Jesuit in its fundraising and representations to applicants."

The 'Gay' Agenda

Ever since President Obama 'came out' for gay marriage on May 9th, our local newspaper has received letter after letter to the editor, pro and con on this subject.  Many of the letters seemed to be in favor of this particular lifestyle chastising those who were in opposition as homophobes, bigots, religious wackos, hate mongers, fear mongers, 'fearful' of homosexuals and the list goes on.   As a Christian and firm believer in the word of the Bible I cannot condone this type of lifestyle and I am firmly opposed to young children being taught that it is a valid, alternative to heterosexuality.