Here’s another section–human relationship and sex–that the Libertarian Platform addresses head-on and succinctly. Whether you agree with the content, surely we can agree on its being to the point. It gets unpacked in different ways by the DNC Platform and the RNC Platform and these differences are well worth noting. DNC Democrats applaud last year’s decision […]
Today’s installment is evidence that “Truth is stranger than fiction” (Mark Twain). It’s about the Right to Privacy contained in the Fourth Amendment. Try to read the following party platforms without shaking your head, especially you tech people who know your cyber-stuff and your cyber-hack-celebs. DNC Democrats will protect our industry, infrastructure, and government from […]
Today, I conclude our patriotic “hymn” series brought about because someone viewed my patriotism as a character flaw. I thought it would be fitting to end with one that has been dear to the hearts of Democrats, Republicans, and apolitical people alike. It’s not in any of my hymnals, even more contemporary ones, though it is […]
Why care about Political Party Platforms, especially when it comes to freedoms of speech and religion? For the Christian looking at politics, a platform is–to a voter–what a Statement of Faith is to a church seeker. It outlines what the organization believes enough to commit to print. While the pastor, staff, and parishioners don’t always […]
Why is The Star-Spangled Banner even in our hymnals, you might ask? The Star-Spangled Banner isn’t present in all or even most hymnals. My collection is about half and half. The group which contain this patriotic song consider it a hymn. The ones that don’t apparently consider it a secular song. Before we’re quick to […]
For the sake of simplicity and ease of discussion, I will be using the Libertarian Party platform (LP) to find the overarching principles. At 7 pages, it was more concise and easier to use for Comparing Political Platforms that I began outlining in our last edition. The added detail in both the DNC-Democrat, and RNC-Republican platforms is helpful for explaining […]
I promised someone on social media that I would create a post comparing political platforms of the various parties and then in separate posts, I will compare subheadings to Christianity. Particularly in an election year where the personalities have a tendency to dominate the media coverage over the ideologies of the candidates and their parties, […]
As part of my patriotic hymn series, especially in light of the hotly argued and very divided election before us, consider these words Before an Election by Reverend Peter Marshall, who twice served as Senate Chaplain (1947-1949). Before an Election appears as hymn #689 in Hymns for the Family of God. Lord Jesus, we ask […]
The next patriotic hymn I’d like to share is America the Beautiful, lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates. Bates was born as one of four children of Congregational minister, William Bates, and his wife Cornelia Frances Lee (an educator). Katherine’s father died when she was a child, but her mother instilled in her the value of […]
While preparing for the next installment of patriotic hymns, I came across the social obligations of a Christian. Oh, I consulted a variety of hymnals, most of which I’ve picked up at second-hand stores. No one seems to want them anymore but me and a thrift store is about the only place one can find […]
