A Democratic Mantra

I was thinking about last nights Presidential Debate, and something Senator Kerry said reminded me of something. When asked a couple of "morality" questions, Senator Kerry responded with something along the lines of; I respect your opinion/beliefs/morality, but I have to be the President for everyone so I cannot force your morals on them. This "cannot force your (Christian) morals on everyone else" has been a Democratic mantra for some time now.

Consider what this means. Everyone's actions are guided by their morals. If you claim a set of morals, but act otherwise, then your morals are other than you claim. According to Senator Kerry, he shares Christian morals as a Catholic, but his morals will not interfere with his job as President. If he claims Christian morals, but will not act out of these morals, then he simple does not have Christian morals. Instead, according to him, it is immoral to push Christian values on anyone, however it is morally correct to push non-Christian values on Christians.

Law is morality put to legislation. Morals are those beliefs which guide our actions. Saying that you cannot legislate morality, or that you will not act from your own moral beliefs are both oxymoronic statements. An oxymoron is a statement that cannot be true, because it contradicts with itself.

Ah, well. Enough for today. :-)