Religion and Politics    

       

As this holiday season comes to a close, I am reminded of the saying that to be correct socially or in business we should never talk religion or politics.  I think most of us have heard this saying.  There is a problem with this social correctness. 

Christians seem to be the ones that seem to avoid talking about religion outside of Church.  As Christians, we have let minorities like atheists take away our religious rights that were guaranteed under the first amendment.

Independents and conservatives are the ones that don’t talk politics.  The Progressives and the extremists on both the right and left are loudly advocating their position and agenda at every opportunity to anyone that will listen.  Eventually people tend to believe what they constantly hear even if the actual problems like unsustainable debt are totally ignored.  Truth and facts seem to be irrelevant.  I have to compliment the Progressives.  They have been much more vocal and done a better job than the people that are fiscally responsible.  With the help of the media, they have moved political policies that were once considered extreme left to now being considered moderate. 

        Another good example is people that oppose the rights of gun owners guaranteed under the Second Amendment.  They use recent mass shootings to try to take away these rights.  I absolutely agree every effort should be made to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and mentally unstable people with homicidal tendencies, but the anti-gun advocates want to just take guns away period without addressing the many real issues the could actually make a difference. 

If we want to stop the growth in government, stop the increasing power of the political elite, and protect our rights guaranteed under the Bill of Rights, we better stop being so politically correct and start talking to anyone and everyone that will listen.  God bless America.