i stumbled onto faithfuldemocrats.com for the first time today. surprisingly enough senator from tennessee roy herron was on the featured article piece. i don't keep with politics as much as others, but i can resonate with some of the things that senator herron said.
Abortion and gay marriage are two terribly important issues. But are there not more than two important issues confronting this country?
i too always come back to this one. it is like the trump card to all things argument. why? as we were talking about yesterday with the cohort, in some ways we talked about this, that the Christian faith is about laying down your power or submitting yourself to the power of loving someone over yourself. this gains a level of power, but not that power that we are accustomed to or see as power in the cultural society we live in today. funny enough, thomas mentioned the next scripture that senator herron followed up the prior comment with.
And should we not heed the entreaty of Paul to the Galatians for unity:
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female" -- and he might have added "Republican or Democrat" -- for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28)
i haven't been the biggest reader of Saint Paul lately, but i am familiar with this scripture. thomas' mentioning this was that it's not about race or ethnic divides, which is the common conception, but it is about a power system that will no longer exist but people who see each other in a love, that is beyond the human concept of "what can you do for me love," and neighbors.
unfortunately, the democrats don't have the power right now. so it's up to the republican's to see this way. if the democrats were to gain the power of the congress & presidency, would they then be willing to lay down the power for the sake of the policies that senator herron outlines?
my cynic self says no... but my hope says that both can someday
