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The balance is simple: the role of government is not about acquiescing to every special interest group demanding “rights.” ~ Allen West
There is a staggering number from the 2012 election not many people discuss: over 30 million Christians did not vote. There were some 7 to 8 million who were registered but didn’t vote, and the rest claimed to be Christians, but weren’t even registered.
I believe it was Plato who stated, “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” I’m not talking about inferiors in the manner of social status, but in this case, a principled one.
There’s a big kerfuffle going on regarding North Carolina and Mississippi about something that’s being wrongly stated — and it appears a certain GOP presidential candidate doesn’t comprehend that.
As reported by the Washington Examiner, “John Kasich said Sunday that people who favor laws allowing businesses not to serve gay couples need to “calm down” and “get over” their opposition to lifestyles that differ from their own.
“What I’d like to say is, just relax,” Kasich said on CNN. “If you don’t like what somebody’s doing, pray for them, and if you feel as though somebody is doing something wrong against you, can you just for a second get over it? You know?”
Kasich’s comments were a reply to a question about his harsh reaction to Mississippi’s new law that allows companies not to serve gay couples. Last week, Kasich asked “What the hell are we doing in this country?” in reaction to that law.
The Governor did say Sunday that his first reaction as president would not be to take specific steps to stop states from passing those sorts of laws. But he then advised people on both sides to “calm down” before looking for quick-fix legislative answers to this complex problem.”
There is a legitimate concern for people being able to have their deeply held religious beliefs, religious liberty,” he said. “But there’s also people who we shouldn’t be discriminating against. We need to have a balance.” “And I just wish that everybody would just take a breath and calm down, because you see, trying to figure out how to legislate that balance is complicated and you keep doing do-overs, because nobody gets it right,” he said. “So if we just kind of calm down here, I think things would settle down,” he added.”
First of all, I think it’s rather dismissive of Governor Kasich to tell folks who are losing their businesses and being the victims of punitive fines by states to “calm down.” I recommend the governor speak with Melissa and Aaron Klein of Sweet Cakes bakery in Oregon to ascertain what’s happening. Or he can speak with the florist in Seattle or the portrait studio owner in New Mexico, or the pizzeria owner in Indiana — all small business owners, all Christians.
These are Christian business owners who have not refused service to homosexuals, they’ve declined to participate in a specific ceremony due to their religious beliefs. This is no different than a government that takes businesses and organizations such as Hobby Lobby or Little Sisters of the Poor to court in an attempt to force, intimidate, coerce, or fine them for their religious convictions and beliefs.
We’re now in a state of existence in America where the government – i.e man — creates rights based on special interest groups – i.e. same sex marriage. The decision in Obergefell vs Hodges resulted in five unelected jurists, two of which should have recused themselves, redefining marriage and in turn redefining the First Amendment right of freedom of religion and the free exercise thereof.
Allen West “Governor Kasich, if you want to be president, you need to learn TWO things”
What Governor Kasich fails to realize is that it was a . . . Read More from Colonel Allen B. West
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