Danforth’s Paranoia
For some time now, John Danforth has ‘worried’ that the Christian Right is getting too strong. Last March, Danforth wrote an op-ed in the NY Times stating his concerns that Christian conservatives were getting too strong. Now, he’s speaking out on the issue again.
Frankly, it’s getting pretty tiresome hearing it. As a bornagain Christian myself, and proudly so, I don’t know what’s to be feared by the Christian conservative community.
My Christian beliefs tell me to advocate:
- the spread of freedom throughout the world. That’s currently being played out in the Middle East but with the hope that it won’t stop there. Hopefully, African dictators will feel the heat soon.
- the wise use of every taxpayer’s wages to help people. That means eliminating pork-barrel spending and shrinking and eliminating the budget deficit.
- initiatives that help more people taste the best that America has to offer. We’ve been blessed by God in ways that no other nation in the history of the world have been blessed.
- the well-thought out pro-life agenda because I want human life to be viewed as precious again. That also means end-of-life situations, too. To do less is to not confer on people the dignity that God confers on people.
Excuse me if I’m puzzled as to why that agenda is alarming or worrisome. Those views are reasonable and logical. I won’t rip Danforth as an out-of-touch moderate. He’s a man of integrity and deserves to be treated as such. I’ll simply disagree with him on this.
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRing