For Faith & Family | American moral values: narrowed or prioritized? | Comments http://faithandfamily.com/ This feed provides all comments on "American moral values: narrowed or prioritized?." en web-master@erlc.com ℗ & © 2008 ERLC Comment 1 http://faithandfamily.com/fff/article/american-moral-values-narrowed-or-prioritized#comment1 http://faithandfamily.com/fff/article/american-moral-values-narrowed-or-prioritized#comment1 It has become painfully obvious that vilifying Christians for prioritizing their belieifs is an effective way of MINIMIZING these legitimate concerns to the masses of people who are less informed of the impending threat.

]]> Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:21:30 CST Comment 2 http://faithandfamily.com/fff/article/american-moral-values-narrowed-or-prioritized#comment2 http://faithandfamily.com/fff/article/american-moral-values-narrowed-or-prioritized#comment2 I am afraid that abortion is not a priority, nor is the sanctity of marriage, even for “conservative” Christians. Conversely, the plight of the poor, the suffering of the illegal immigrant, or unjust implications of the war in Iraq isn’t a priority for “liberal” Christians. Writing a blog, or democracy wont fix the world, but The Savior, Prince of Peace, president of illegal aliens, father to the fatherless and aborted, husband to the single mother, Riches of the poor, who was crucified, for all of them, two thousand years ago, and then arose, will fix it. If these issues are “priorities”, shouldn’t we first embody Christ before we appeal to a democratic process? If you want to end abortion, adopt children from mom’s who consider abortion, if you want to protect the sanctity of marriage, show disdain for divorce, if you want to fight poverty, give what you have to the poor. If you say it is a priority, make a sacrifice. Will we die for the world and our priorities too?

]]> Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:48:59 CST Comment 3 http://faithandfamily.com/fff/article/american-moral-values-narrowed-or-prioritized#comment3 http://faithandfamily.com/fff/article/american-moral-values-narrowed-or-prioritized#comment3 “Same sex marriage is a cultural and social issue with profound moral, social, and public policy implications.”

MORAL:
Helping the oppressed was what Jesus taught. Gays are oppressed in American society. You don’t have to approve of the “lifestyle” in order to see the morality of helping the oppressed have equality of opportunity, a basic American value. Gay kids are being killed just for being gay.

SOCIAL:
Marriage is already in trouble, and you can’t blame gays for that since they can’t get married. Divorce rates are actually higher in bible belt regions. Furthermore, divorce rates didn’t change in Canada as a result of the legalization of gay marriage.

Public Policy:
There are over 1,100 federal laws that accord special status to married individuals. Laws that are currently denied to gay couples.

]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:14:26 CST Comment 4 http://faithandfamily.com/fff/article/american-moral-values-narrowed-or-prioritized#comment4 http://faithandfamily.com/fff/article/american-moral-values-narrowed-or-prioritized#comment4 Furthermore, for the record, as to not distort Dr. King’s message, he believed in equal treatment of all Americans. Before her death, his wife, Coretta Scott King advocated for marriage equality, because she believed it was what her husband would have wanted. Another activist, John Lewis, has similarly has championed the cause of gay rights, as have other civil rights leaders. Oppressing African Americans through the letter of law isn’t all that different from oppressing gays by similar means. Even if you don’t approve the “lifestyle” you must realize that American is a land of free people, to be treated equally under the law. Nothing is equal about restricting equal rights to gays. Show, regardless of your religious beliefs, that you are a compassionate, benevolent, loving American citizen and when you vote, vote with the belief, in your heart, that all Americans are created equal, regardless of their sex, religion, race, ethnicity, class, ability, gender, or sexual orientation.

]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:24:33 CST Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:05:31 CST Comment 5 http://faithandfamily.com/fff/article/american-moral-values-narrowed-or-prioritized#comment5 http://faithandfamily.com/fff/article/american-moral-values-narrowed-or-prioritized#comment5 I agree that abortion is a terrible way to handle an unwanted pregnancy.  But I believe the priority should be on preventing the unwanted pregnancy to begin with.  Making abortion illegal is like making driving illegal for teenagers because it causes death.  Instead we have driver’s ed classes in the schools to teach safe driving and traffic laws that help control the safe operation of vehicles.  Likewise, we should have detailed sex education in the schools to teach teens to make smart, safe decisions about when (not how) to have sex and how to prevent pregnancy and disease.  Of course abstinence is the best birth control, but if that is all that is taught, it would be like giving someone the keys to the car at age 21 without ever teaching them safe driving.  As a teen I took a vow with God in a church to save my body for the man I would marry, but that did not prevent my unplanned pregnancy and shot gun wedding.

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