A Democracy Was Never Intended to be a Utopia

     We live in the greatest country on earth and under the best political situation available to mankind--a democracy.  Granted, we have flaws and we have problems with our situation that is caused by human error.  Much of our problems can be traced to the fact that men who wanted to be public servants developed our system, but it is now controlled by men who seem to be intent upon advancing their own public agenda and feathering their own nest.
     If we lived in a Utopia, each of us would always get and have the things they wanted.  That is not the way that our government is structured.  It is a given fact that many in our country think that the government is supposed to work, at least for them, as a Utopia and provide the things for them that they both want and need.
     Lest my remarks be misunderstood, let me quickly say that there are many times in my own life when decisions are voted upon by our citizens that are contrary to what I would like to see.  It seems as if there are more and more decisions being made that are in direct opposition to the Christian principles that I believe.  There are many today that would like for it to be that the minority always wins and the majority always looses.  That cannot be.
     Thus far in our country's history, for the most part, the majority has usually made provisions for the wishes and desires of the minority.  Hopefully, it will always be so.
     There once was a time when things were either right or wrong within itself.  Gradually, we have lead people to believe that nothing is absolutely wrong or absolutely right, but somewhere in between reality lies.  Since nothing is totally wrong or right, if it feels good do it.
     From my front porch it seems as if most things work pretty good as long as the local citizens handle their own projects.  Once the government becomes involved, either state or federal, and the local citizens have no voice in the matter things go down hill.
     Remember as Thomas Jefferson once said, "A government that is big enough to give you everything you want, is large enough to take everything you have.

Marriage On the Brink of Destruction

     Let me begin by stating that the man who had more to do with civil rights accomplishments in this country was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..  He alluded to the fact that he had seen the other side of the  mountain.  Perhaps if he had been allowed to remain upon this earth longer he might have seen what many of us can see today.  It is not all bright and shiny on this side of the mountain.
     The family unit is in much turmoil and great danger.  First, it is in danger because of the concept of marriage itself.  Marriage was never intended to be a temporary arrangement to last only as long as ever thing goes well.  I am not concerned as much about the couple themselves, but the effect it has on their children.  In some places and cultures in our country today there are more grandparents raising the children than their own parents.  So as marriage itself goes the family will also go.
     Marriage has always been between one woman and one man.  I care not what the gay (bad choice of word, many seem anything except happy)  people think about it, nor do I even care what benefits they can manage to get for themselves, you cannot just change what a word is to suit your fancy.  I don't like the narrow definition of "boat".  So I want to start a campaign to also include in that term the use of trains.  From now on trains will be referred to as boats.  But rest assured they will never float.
     To open the door of "marriage" to include anything besides one man-one woman, is inviting all manner of possibilities.  How can you tell a person that marriage does not include one man and two or more women, or one woman and two or more men?  God forbid, but what if a man wanted to take on as his sexual partner a cow or sheep.  Can he get married to it?  Why not?
     Tied very closely to the marriage and family is the abortion issue.  People have thrown logic out then windows, using only one argument, the woman has a right to do what she wishes with her body.  If that argument becomes the guiding principle for decisions, how can any court ever again find a prostitute guilty of anything?  Does not that argument make prostitution legal?
     All that I have said thus far affect the immediate family.  There are far reaching ramifications that extend into every spectrum of society.  The first outside entity to be directly affected by the breakup of the family is the public school.  Pity the student from the broken home when the teacher assigns homework and there is no parent there to help. In cases where the grandparents are taking care of the student, many of them are unable to assist in the educational process as it exists today.