Real Republican Majority
Principles of the Real Republican Majority
Principles of the Real Republican Majority
I BELIEVE that the strength of our nation lies with the individual and that each person's liberty, dignity, freedom and privacy must be honored and respected.
I BELIEVE that the role of government is to practice fiscal responsibility and allow individuals to keep more of the money they earn.
I BELIEVE that strong national security and safety of Americans at home and abroad must be a top priority of our Party and our government.
I BELIEVE in the Constitutional protection of the separation of church and state-- that official policies of our Party and our country should not be dictated by personal religious beliefs.
I BELIEVE that medical and moral choices are individual and family decisions not government decisions.
I BELIEVE that we build a strong Party by consensus, not by forcing an agenda on issues that are divisive, personal and best left at home.
I BELIEVE that the Republican National Committee should focus on our traditional agenda of smaller government, lower taxes, and a pro-growth economy.
I BELIEVE that the Republican Party Platform should be welcoming and respectful of differing views on issues of disagreement and promote the 'Big Tent' philosophy.
1 comment:
For the most part I can agree with your complete statement. But I have to make one slight disagreement.
First of all I totally agree that that our Party and Country should not be dictated by our personal religious beliefs. But there is no Constitutional protection of the separation of church and state. The 1st Bill of Rights states that Congress will pass no law regulating religion. That tells the government they have no business controlling religion in any way, but there was no provision to prohibit the influence of religion on the government. And rightly so, I think our founding fathers knew and understood that a belief in God would set the basic standards of right and wrong as a basis for the laws to govern this Country. A belief in God and by extention a belief in an afterlife plays an important part in keeping us in line and being honest. In the early 1800's in Maine a professed athiest was not allowed to testify in court because his belief systems didn't require the truth or be punished in the eternities.
I realize this is but a technicallity, but I believe it is an important one. I do think it is important that we don't push our religious values on others, but we also have to understand where the standards we require of everyone comes from. It is said that "A custom has the force of Law." Where there is an attack on many of our customs today, there needs to be a certain amount of debate of what standards are acceptable to be required of everyone. Christianity is being attacked, but all the accepted norms of the past can not be done away with without severely changing our society. Much as was seen in the old 'It's a wonderful Life' movie, if we take away certain standards of acceptability our society can change drastically. And probably not for the better. I would offer Carrie much luck in the effort to fill this position. Thanks, Ted
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