Sincerity Counts

America can never be again imprisoned by either the ideology of the "Moral" Right or that of the "Liberal" Left.

Compare the Rights recent fight for religious employers to not pay for and/or provide health insurance to all their employees that may include birth control, especially any abortive contraception per the Affordable Care Act, based on religious freedom.

Religion is inserted but the strength of the fight is  abortion and thus the protection of the life of unborn innocent children. The fight still comes back to Pro-life.

Now consider the Left's (though some on the Right now too) fight to increase regulations and push more laws concerning gun control. Some do so with even suggesting the repealing or ignoring of the Second Amendment, especially now because innocent children was killed in Newtown, Connecticut.

Now compare the two fights. Both fights use the protection of care of innocent children as the back drop and driving force of their respective fights.  If it is about protecting the innocent children, it seems that largely the same people would be on the same side of this issue in both fights. Yet, in the political main stream at least, that is not the case. Many just hold their party platforms.

People on the right hold down both the the protection of children through Pro-Life while also the protecting of the Second Amendment even if guns kill children. I'm not at all suggesting they don't care about children being killed, only that the fight seems odd and not of a continual thought process.

On the Left, we have the reverse, but the same odd, non-consistent strain of thought and pattern. Some on the Left are pro choice no matter what, even to the point of redefining and not acknowledging some stages of a fetus as life at all. But whether life or not, it is still defenseless, even more so than already born children. I believe that life begins even before the womb. I am simply stating some extreme Leftist beliefs. But these same then fight and hate guns because the guns are seen as responsible for killing innocent people, especially children.  Once again, no thought continuum between the two ideas.

Obviously, I am painting with a broad stroke. And I believe that times they are a changing. But, it is the leadership of these factions and political parties; the representives and platforms that are at great issue because this constant non-sense fighting stops all progress.

Pure dissent is good, emphasis on pure. But when purposefully or ignorantly, we hold on to ideology just for ideology sake, we do ourselves, all of America, and our future, a grand disservice. Much more worse is when we hold to ideas and positions just to win elections or protect the party whose label we carry and their chosen candidate. Sincerity counts. It is no good when we won't say what is right because it may be in agreement with the opponent and may help advancement their position and help them  win a campaign. Honor must come back to politics. Was it ever there? I believe so. 

We transgress against our own consciences and effectively sell out our own selves and all of America and I dare say the world. This is really of the utmost great concern to me when the religious do this, especially Christians because I am one. It is the main reason for writing this piece. In all I said, regardless of which side or position you stand on, sincerity means consistency. I marvel how more are faithful to political parties and their principles than that of the religions they say they are of and the God(s), they say they serve.

Consider. Think and think again. Never be brainwashed, even by religion. Be able to give a real well thought sensible answer as to all that you are and believe. And lay down your pride and be honest if you have to change some of what you thought were your core values, but were really you regurgetating what you heard and were expected to believe and say.

Consider.

Yulanda K.

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