I am going to vote around 5:00pm today. Normally, I would not post something like this, but, since fb has become the forum for the conservative/liberal battle, I will post my conflict and welcome discussion. By way of warning, if you are going to go apes_ _t crazy to the left or right please refrain or send me an inbox. Here goes. The conservative response to liberals has been less government intervention - don’t take away our right to bear arms, don’ mess with marriage, don’t interfere with my right to health insurance, and so on. I realize the stakes in today’s vote are high, but how is this NOT one more way of allowing the government more power in our everyday affairs? How is this not a widening of the door that conservatives have so adamantly attempted to shut? Another concern, and to me more important, how will we respond to the increase in the number of unwanted children? I assume the opportunities for adoption will increase. Isn’t a vote “yes” also a commitment to care for those children. I realize that many will say, “Why is that my problem? The problem is with the people getting pregnant.” But, speaking for Christ followers, that answer is not an option. We are called to care for those in need and love sacrificially. “Their” problems are supposed to be our problems. Along with this comes my concern and assumption that many of the “yes” voters are those who criticize people for having babies in order to receive government funds. Since a “yes” will obviously increase this circumstance, I think the insults towards “those” people should stop. I suppose I am conflicted because this vote seems like more than statements of “right” and “wrong.” It is a vote that brings responsibility from those not involved in the actual circumstance. A sign in the yard is much easier than a child in your home, becoming a mentor, caring for a young mother, or whatever needs to be done. There is a cost to this vote. “But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.” I have in no way stated my vote; I am leaning neither way. It’s 11:00am and I can honestly say I do not know how I will vote, but I will vote.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:12:33 +0000
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