Cruz spoke well in redirecting the conversation to who gets to make the decisions. Laws in harmony with Christianity are the result of Christians paying attention to the political process and making their volunteer efforts count, as well as demanding accountability from elected officials.
Once a law is passed, it is ineffectual and a waste of breath to shame the people taking advantage of the law, such as people who now consider gay marriage an option for their own lives. Where were the Christians during the past 30 years when the gay-is-OK snowball was building up and up? They were staying away from the polls then because no candidate was pure enough. Or because their holy Christian minds were keeping them in denial -- I remember trying to warn Christian friends of mine in the South that this issue would be picking up steam, and they treated me like I was the devil even for mentioning it in their holy Christian vicinity. Next thing you know, judges took away their Ten Commandments statue and overturned their traditional marriage laws.
The corruption in our present society will not be turned back by sitting home or refusing to vote for a candidate who is manifestly better than the Democrat Socialist opposition, just because the arguably more conservative choice is not perfect enough. And it will not be turned back by government, either — even if a government of conservatives could somehow be elected; but by a great awakening in the hearts of the majority of the people, who can then influence government in the right direction.
Great post! Love your common sense approach.
Well said. Thank you.
I misspoke; I meant that evangelizing in love is the role of Christians, not that shaming is the role of Christians.
Very well stated.
Nor will it be turned back by running out and voting for the nearest RINO. Corruption can only be turned back by the people as a whole becoming less corrupt. Instead we are becoming more corrupt. Our great experiment of savior and example to the rest of the world will come to an end on the path we are on. Having a couple extra RINOs to gain a majority here or there won't change that. The people must change and it is only through conservative candidates that they will have an example of how to change. They may refuse but there is nothing we can do about that.