St. Cloud liberals would have you believe they care about the real issues, but in the end they just offer distractions!

An editorial in the St. Cloud Times yesterday caught my attention! (Click here to read it. ) It spoke about how issues like abortion, gay marriage, and illegal immigration detract from real issues that are affecting society. The author uses several issues which she insinuates are more important than those aforementioned topics.

The author talks about the fact that there are 64,000 uninsured children in Minnesota that are not getting proper medical treatment including vision treatment which causes them to fall behind in school. This is no doubt a bad situation, but I can’t see how less than ideal medical care for children compares with murdering an unborn child. Call me crazy, but it seems like the mutilation, torture, and murder of a child is a little worse than a child suffering from undiagnosed learning disorders. Again, I’m not saying that this isn’t a problem, but I’m directly contesting the argument by the author about which is a greater priority.

The article then brings up the fact that 40% of those who are homeless in Minnesota, have children. It goes on to describe how this contributes to absences from school, and creates a situation where kids are more likely to repeat a grade. No doubt this is not good. There is no doubt that we have a crisis in America when it comes to some of the unfortunate family situations children encounter. I would argue that one of the most prominent issues affecting kids is the lack of the traditional family structure. This could be due to a lack of a father, lack of a mother. It is also unfortunate that there is an effort to push homosexuality on to our kids and on to adults. Has anyone ever thought about how children suffer because of this? Gay marriage is a direct assault on traditional family values and frankly it’s alarming. I’d say that this is a pretty big priority if we want to safeguard our children for the long haul.

The author then inexplicably turns the argument toward birth control and pregnancy prevention methods, using the liberal pro-choice buzz-word “unwanted pregnancies.” (Don’t even get me started about how liberals and their messed up views on population control, which you can read about here. ) Has this author ever considered the fact that the tendency by society to disregard its laws (such as is the case with illegal immigration) could in fact lead to a moral decline? Could this be represented by the number of people who are irresponsible sexually, and wish to remedy their problem through abortions or morning after pills?

The article plays on the sympathies of the unsuspecting by calling for an end to debate on distraction issues, and a call to deal with the real problems. Quite the contrary, I would argue that this article is intended to be a distraction. Because the thinking behind it is flawed. In order to deal with these problems we MUST address these burning moral issues.

Obeying the law of the land, preserving and respecting life, and keeping traditional family values alive in marriage - these are fundamental to our children’s future, to the well being of our society, and they get at the root of these social ills that are mentioned. We must prioritize our efforts, and the author does a nice job of suggesting otherwise. The article leaves bait out there that seems tempting to take, but in the end it is madness to ignore the principles and standards represented by these “distraction issues.” We must overcome the madness. We must muster our forces to fight tooth and nail for principles and personal responsibility. If not, these social ills will only continue with band-aid attempts to fix something that is fundamentally broken due to the moral climate in our nation.