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I know, technically there is nothing Constitutionally wrong with taking \u2018God\u2019 out of a party platform. To be honest, I was shocked to see it was there in the first place. And had it been any other party in any other time, I would have shrugged and figured it was just a little bit of PC self-censorship. But the modern Democrats, being what they are, there is a lot more buckshot to this, and it speaks more of the post-Christian revolutionary movement that the party has attached to. <\/p>\n

Sort of like Obama\u2019s \u2018you didn\u2019t build that\u2019 speech. Did the GOP take his statements out of context? Sure they did. They took them out of their immediate context.\u00a0 But critics were right in pointing out that, when taken in the uber-context of Obama\u2019s overall speech and presidency, he meant what his critics said \u2013 we owe everything to the State, which is why old boundaries of individual liberty and religious freedom must now be surrendered to the one force to which we owe thanksgiving.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Again, I\u2019m not saying the logical solution is supporting the GOP, a party I see as mixed up with many conflicting ideologies, many of which are no less hostile to traditional understandings of Christian values.\u00a0 But for the most part, those are debates, not platforms.\u00a0 When a party adopts platforms to define itself, it is giving an official stamp of approval and stating openly that these are the goals.\u00a0To support a party whose goals are to undermine Christian freedom and morality, begs accountability at least.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> It looks like the Democrats have backed off on their plans to remove \u2018God\u2019 and \u2018Jerusalem\u2019 from their platform language.\u00a0 Most stories are saying it is the result of Republican-led outrage.\u00a0 Personally, I can\u2019t imagine the Democrats being that concerned about outrage if it is simply the result of Republican yelling and stomping about.\u00a0 My guess is, it cut into some of those key constituencies who still support some form of traditional alliance with Israel, as well as some of those old time Democrats who still have at least one foot firmly planted in the Faith of our Fathers.\u00a0 So this post is, at this point, part of history.\u00a0 Read into it what you will. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"