Oh I am swallowing the bitter pill and voting for whoever the democrats nominate, even if that is a Labrador Retriever.
It’s not the Democrat’s economic policies that bother me, it’s their social values. Family and civic values used to be the core of Western Civilization. Now they’re a punchline. Kaiser Wilhelm II’s rebuke of Hitler could stand as a critique of both the modern left and the modern right.
“There is a man alone, without family, without children, without God....He builds legions but he doesn’t build a nation. A nation is created by families, a religion, tradition: it is made up out of the hearts of mothers, the wisdom of fathers, the joy and the exuberance of children... And the man...has neither a God to honour nor a dynasty to conserve, nor a past to consult....”
Sadly the social justice movement would likely label my reverence for our ancient traditions as homophobic. I was moved both emotionally and jurisprudentially by Kennedy’s opinion in Obergefell. Despite welcoming gay couples’ access to marriage, I still feel that society should hold up traditional marriage as the vaunted norm for the vast majority of our young people. If you choose another path, then you are free to do so.
A gay couple can still adopt children and raise them with the following traditional values: Children should be raised to be strong, both physically and emotionally. Families should be frugal and feed themselves real food. Sex should be practiced only within long term relationships. A parent leaving another parent to raise children alone should be shamed.
If you believe all that and act on those beliefs, you aren't homophobic. You don't have to want to surround yourself with gay people, you just need to support their rights to the lives they want and deserve. It seems like you do. I personally disagree with you on limiting sex to long-term relationships, but I have no moral issue with people who disagree with me on that one. Kids should definitely be raised by couples as much as possible of course, but kids are better off with loving single parents than with squabbling partnered parents.
There is no reason we should view each other as enemies. It seems we both understand what justice is and want to see it carried out. That's all I need to call someone an ally.
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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19
Oh I am swallowing the bitter pill and voting for whoever the democrats nominate, even if that is a Labrador Retriever.
It’s not the Democrat’s economic policies that bother me, it’s their social values. Family and civic values used to be the core of Western Civilization. Now they’re a punchline. Kaiser Wilhelm II’s rebuke of Hitler could stand as a critique of both the modern left and the modern right.
“There is a man alone, without family, without children, without God....He builds legions but he doesn’t build a nation. A nation is created by families, a religion, tradition: it is made up out of the hearts of mothers, the wisdom of fathers, the joy and the exuberance of children... And the man...has neither a God to honour nor a dynasty to conserve, nor a past to consult....”