Good Sunday morning! The wind has returned to us this weekend; it looks like our weather may go back to more seasonal norms. Ah well, it doesn't hurt to have some winter in winter. The larger part of our worst weather occurred in late autumn. Sometimes it may seem like we can do as little about the political decisions in our country as we can about the weather coming over our towns. We tend to think that both must simply be endured. While that is only somewhat true about the weather, we can go inside or put on a coat to aid our endurance, we don't have to endure political decisions unless we simply let them go by.
I find it interesting that in spite of our best efforts to find nine people of greater discernment than the general population, we have a Supreme Court that has made some rather stunning judgments. In the 19th century, the nine decided that slaves were not people; in the 20th, unborn babies became non-persons; who is going to be made not persons in this century?
We do have more control over the selection and election of the other two branches of government. Yet we find that many have learned more about how to get elected than how to govern wisely. Elections are now a business in America. A candidate running for a major office will have a team of professionals behind him or her. Not so much professional advisers, but election professionals who know what a candidate should say, how to map out a winning strategy, and how to use every little detail of a life against the other guys. Hours of coaching and lots of loot are invested in every candidate. Is it any wonder the person we think we voted for may not seem quite the same once in office?
How does a person in another country view this nation of ours? Every four years our government, supposedly the elected voice and might of our nation, could change dramatically as the political winds blow this way and that. A new president needs time to disentangle himself from the decisions of his predecessor, but the words coming from Washington can change quickly as a new team takes over. Do any of those words reflect what the majority want?
I wonder if a right to life amendment would pass in a majority of the states? The Supreme Court takes up cases to interpret the Law according to the U.S. Constitution. Perhaps in blaming the nine for Roe v. Wade we have forgotten to add a specific protection for the unborn to our Constitution? We the People may bear more responsibility than we think. Of course every abortion comes down to individual decisions. It's too easy to blame our government for some things. No one is forced to gamble in a casino, drink in a bar, or have an abortion; no matter what is made legal by our respective governments.
Many individual decisions make up a nation; not only the individual decisions of politicians, but the individual decisions of you and me. Pray for our nation on this Sanctity of Life Sunday.
Bucky
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