Buchanan Sept 25^th

Once again Patrick J. Buchanan writes longingly of the good old days of the 1950s Eisenhower years and the 1980s Reagan years. He tells us, “In America 2015, homosexuality, abortion on demand and same sex marriage—shameful crimes in Ike’s America, mortal sins in the catechism of Pius XII—have become constitutional rights.  These represent the values that define Barack Obama’s America, the values our officials defend to the United Nations, the values we preach to the world.”

Buchanan is stuck in the past: twenty countries now permit homosexual marriage; these include Argentina, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, England, most all of Scandinavia and even Ireland. My guess that when Ireland legalized same sex marriage Patrick J. Buchanan had a very bad day, and he deserved every minute of it! Homosexuality is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Iran, Nigeria and others. Why doesn’t Buchanan mention these beacons of enlightenment and applaud their lethal decisions; they are just following Old Testament sanctions aren’t they Pat?

It is not surprising that Buchanan longs for Ike’s America; then there was a segregated south and a segregated Washington D.C, where, as Buchanan longingly said, “…they had their places and we had ours…” Harry Truman had managed to desegregate the military before he left office; he did that by executive order to the consternation of southern bigots. But those were the good old days for Pat Buchanan.

“Since Eisenhower’s time Christianity, the faith that created the West, has been purged from public life.”  Christianity has never been part of government in this country. The founding fathers were Deists, if they believed in a higher power they believed only in a Creator, a God. You will not find the words Jesus Christ, or any reference to any aspect of Christianity in The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, or the Bill of Rights. There have been various attempts to drag some aspect of religion into Government, the most recent by a County Clerk who got her fifteen minutes of fame by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. She could have resigned her position and thus avoided having to issue them but the pay (80 thousand dollars a year) was so good that she chose to go to jail instead.

Buchanan, like most bigots, pushes for exclusion: He has a history of excluding African Americans, Jews, homosexuals and immigrants. He agrees with Ann Coulter that our immigration policies will “turn America into a third world hell hole.” His policies of exclusion echo those of the right wing of the party he has served so well. They guarantee another election loss in 2016. Keep up the good work Pat!