One of my two Senators, neither of which is worth a
plug nickel, Rob Portman is a
McCain-Romney-Lugar
Republican. You spell
that R-I-N-O! George Voinovich, Portman’s
Predecessor was a RINO, too. One characteristics of RINOs is that they change
their minds and ‘convictions’ almost as much as babies’ diapers need changed.
Their promises and their convictions are also full of it…
Well, Senator Portman
did it this time. He
finds out that his son is a homosexual. So that revelation ‘forces’ him to change his
mind in Romneylike fashion. Flip flop, flip flop like a fish out of water… In a
tweet earlier this evening I used the words “unprincipled” and “selfish” in
describing Portman’s position reversal on the same-sex
“marriage” issue. Where is his courage? Where is his conviction? Maybe he never
had any true convictions. He may be wishy-washy, just like the “conservative”
George W. Bush spending like a liberal much of his time in office.
The following is a press release that I thought
captured the essence of what the wayward senator did by betraying traditional,
sacred, and biblical marriage because of his “love” for his son. What his son really needed was tough love, to remind
him that homosexuality is an immoral, unnatural, unhealthy chosen course of
behavior and life style. Unfortunately
Portman is too typical of the permissive parent who chooses to ignore truth and
principle.
These
past few days have been very painful ones for me.
Earlier
this week one of my children came to me and told me something which was
shocking.
He is
a drunk driver and has been driving drunk regularly since college.
I
have taken several days to reflect on this and I have decided to reverse my
earlier opposition to drunk driving.
My
child is a drunk driver and I love him. It is a part of his identity, who he
is.
I
have reflected on all of this, consulted Scripture (the story of Jesus changing
water into wine when the wedding he was attending in Cana ran dry is
particularly relevant) and decided that drunk driving is a generational issue.
Younger people take a much different view of drunk driving than older people.
Therefore,
today I am reversing my opposition to drunk driving. My child has caused me to
revisit a decision which, up until now, had been based simply on morality.
My
child is a drunk driver. That has personalized the issue for me and taken me
above the whole discussion of the morality of it. It is now personal with me.
In
addition, I would like to say that drunk driving will make all of us stronger
drivers. Think of how much more interesting driving will be in the future if
more people have the freedom to drive drunk. It will sharpen the defensive
driving skills of the rest of us.
"This
unreleased press statement follows the same twisted, self-serving
logic that several public officials have used in explaining their switch
from opposing homosexual marriage to favoring it.
"If
you remember nothing else from this exchange, remember this: our children are
learners and unable to determine morality and then hand it down to their
parents and other impressionable adults. This is one factor in why our culture
is so morally upside down!
"This
whole line of argument suggesting that opposition to homosexual “marriage” is a
personal and “generational” matter is equally silly.
"There
are absolutes. There is right and there is wrong. There are objective truths. A civilization which has no governing principles or laws
is doomed to collapse. That is the soul of conservatism.
"The
tough part of being a parent is telling one of those young souls whom we have
been charged with raising that he or she is wrong. But because it is tough that
doesn’t mean that we are excused from doing it or we can delegate our
responsibility to a teacher or “the village” or some other entity.
"Parents
hold the primary responsibility for the upbringing of their children. Parents
are fully capable of still loving a child who is wrong.
"American
parents hold the power to begin the process of reversing this dangerous
downward trend. Our children look to us for direction and we owe them more than
a collective shrug.
"I
wish no harm to either Senator Portman
or his son but they are wrong.
"And
Senator Portman’s attempt to use his
position in the Senate to affect the future path of our culture and the lives
of other Americans compounds the wrong.
"Being
a good parent is infinitely more difficult than being a Senator or President.
And telling someone you love that he or she is wrong is the most difficult part
of that difficult job.
"A
nation which recognizes this is on the road to a vast spiritual recovery."
(Please
Note: The introduction to this article is satire. Drunk driving is immoral. I
abhor it. I also believe homosexuality is immoral and sinful.)
 |
Senator Rob Portman
The Face of Cowardice, Compromise, & Lack of Conviction |
The National
Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has been spamming
my email account for the past few months and more intensely as the Election
nears. Multiple “individuals” like Joe, Sue, Abagail, etc. urge me to send
money. Most of the emails I just delete. However, today I read one. That email
I received today illustrates the deceitfulness of political parties. Here is
how the email solicitation closed, the emphasis is mine:
