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An excellent article. In fact lets call it a must read. Cal hits it dead on in regards to upcoming elections. Perhaps the Conservatives who are Christian are maturing in their approach and understanding of politics. Perhaps it is one that more need to realize. (Full article)
That substantial numbers of conservative evangelical voters are even considering these candidates as presidential prospects is a sign of their political maturation and of their more pragmatic view of what can be expected from politics and politicians. It is also evidence that many of them are awakening to at least two other realities – (1) they are not electing a church deacon; and (2) government has limited power to rebuild a crumbling social construct.
The Census Bureau recently noted that only 23.7 percent of the U.S. population fit the ’50s stereotype of heterosexual married couples with children. Even in the “golden age” of the ’50s, the figure was just under 50 percent. Until this election cycle, most social conservatives supported candidates and policies based on the married with children “ideal” family model. It may be the ideal, but it is no longer widely practiced, including by many conservative evangelicals. Researchers have found many conservative Christians live in states where divorce rates are highest. These states overwhelmingly oppose same-sex marriage. Too bad they don’t do a better job supporting opposite-sex marriage in which they claim to believe.
No politician can “fix” broken heterosexual marriages. If they could, some of those mentioned above would have fixed their own. The crumbling “traditional” family is the result of many social and cultural factors. The solution, like the fault, lies neither with government, nor with politicians.
Perhaps I would add only one thing to this excerpt to the entire article. We should be weary of a a growing governmental power that seeks to undermine the family or attempts to tear it apart.
