A Vote for Change, a Vote for Disaster
With the mid-term elections behind us, I’ve heard several people they voted for “change.” Tired, and rightly so, of the GOP’s loss of any historical sense of what it means to be a Republican, many flocked to the poles to vote for “change.” While there does exist the slim possibility that many voted for third party candidates, for most, that was either not an option, as it wasn’t here in Oklahoma, or just wasn’t a realistic option (who wants to “throw away” his vote?). Assuming that’s true, which I think is a pretty safe assumption, given the election results, that means that many people voted Democrat for the first time. But are they going to get the change they were hoping for? What kinds of change can we expect?
The list is plentiful: withdrawing from Iraq, higher taxes, more government intrusion (thought the GOP did a fair share of that themselves), etc. There are two that I’d like to highlight for every conservative and/or Christian who voted Blue this year: gay marriage, and increased abortion on demand.
The moral implications of a Democrat-control legislative branch are frightening. The odds on favorite to be the next Speaker of the House is Nancy Pelosi, known as San Fran Nan by her detractors due to her west coast (read as: liberal) values. In an interview in March of 2004, Pelosi stated in clear terms her support for gay marriage:
Her San Francisco district is known for its large homosexual population, and in early 2004 its mayor made headlines when he ordered the city to grant same-sex couples marriage licenses. Eventually, 4,000 were issued, although they were later deemed null and void by the state’s Supreme Court.
In March of 2004, Pelosi was asked by FOX News’ Neil Cavuto, “Can same-sex couples marry?”
“Yes,” Pelosi replied.
Moments later Cavuto asked, “So what the mayor of San Francisco is doing, you would approve of it?”
“Yes,” she replied.
On the same show, Pelosi said a federal marriage amendment would “enshrine discrimination in the Constitution” against homosexuals.
“I don’t think they should be discriminated [against] in the Constitution,” she said. “And my goal is to defeat that resolution.”
On the abortion front, one doesn’t have to look very far to see the Left’s enchantment with abortion rights. Again, Nancy Pelosi’s positions on life issues are far from encouraging:
- Voted YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
- Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
- Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
- Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
- Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
- Voted NO on funding for health providers who don’t provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
- Voted NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
- Voted NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
- Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
- Voted NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
- Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Supported funding contraception and UN family planning. (Jul 1999)
Harry Reid gives us some hope in the Senate, but the Democrats’ aversion to any sort of restriction on abortion is pretty telling, I would think.
So a lot of people voted for change, and that’s what they’re going to get. For all their many faults, at least the Republicans respected and protected traditional morals. With the Democratic party and the impending Congress, all bets are off.