Yep, Sledge if you agree with me you will receive +1 Karma as your fee.
I agree with OONW based on his principles and logic. I severely disagree with WW's portrayal of what this country is. In my opinion, whatever the past may be, the U.S. today is a nation trending more and more towards a secular lifestyle. We may preach religions, but most of us do what the self-admitted secular people (like me) do every day anyway. What the Founding Fathers believed regarding religion is, to me, inconsequential because that is not the issue. The issue is whether you will elect someone who 100% supports the Constitution, a secular document written to serve as the law of this nation, independent of religion. The men who wrote it and who have held office for much of America's history might have been Christian, but that document itself is written for all of us.
I have debated in two different threads the decisions by WW and JMac to support Santorum over Paul, and have asked both if they support Santorum primarily because of his very pro-Christian beliefs. Both times my questions have gone unanswered. This leads me to believe that you do support the Constitution, from the filter of Christianity. This, in my opinion, installs blinders regarding issues concerning Israel, and makes it harder to disagree if legislation is proposed that would further pro-Christian agendas at the cost of non-Christian citizens. Paul is Christian, but he doesn't advocate the same things that Santorum does. Paul is not overly friendly with homosexuals, from what I understand, but he does acknowledge their right under the Constitution to act as individuals. I cannot say that I "trust" Santorum to do the same. There are other issues, but that is the foremost in my mind. Paul is the only one who has obeyed the Constitution throughout his career, which is a substantial number of years as a Congressman. That fact alone should qualify him and him alone as the suitable candidate for the presidency.
I don't know about OONW (I suspect he feels the same way I do), but I believe that NOW is the time to vote on principle. Sledge and others want to play the waiting game, but don't admit that it is the same game their fathers and grandfathers played before them. Did it do any good? No. It won't do any good now. You're
hoping for
change from an avenue that will never present said change, just like many of the Obamanites did. If Santorum is elected, after his term you'll still be sitting there saying, "Well, we can try again...I know he did some unconstitutional things, but I think more people woke up and will take charge." You're not taking into account that the longer we wait, the longer the Federal government has to further its agenda: gradually monitoring/taking our methods of communication, threatening/eliminating our means of self-defense, and further eroding what little quality education we can actually provide to the next generation. This brings my next point to light: what grand "awakening" can you expect when such a huge portion of the population comes from federal and state-controlled school systems, which encourage obedience over questioning authority, submission to the contest for freedom? Your hopes are false. The awakening we have now is the only one you can count on to carry on the fight for freedom. For all you know, this could be the largest window of opportunity you have. You might blow it all for a hope of change.
