I've Been Wondering

I've been wondering. What is the future we see for ourselves and how do we get there? Our nation was founded in conflict, mostly by European Protestants who wished to be free from rule by other European Protestants. We wrote a Constitution to codify our beliefs, or the beliefs of those Christians who sought separation from England, and now we are being governed by individuals who no longer share those beliefs. I am not sure that can work very well, or very long.

We seem to spend most of our time in debate over how to amend or alter the fundamental tenants of our nation to remove an appreciation for God, and all God is, from the governmental process. I really don't believe that was the intent when our forefathers declared a separation of Church from State, but when we turn governing over to the atheists it seems the inevitable consequence.

At the same time, to paraphrase Barry Goldwater, extremism in the name of God is no vice does not seem to be a rational approach either. When the major debate on a Supreme Court Justice nomination is what is his or her view on social engineering and the role of government in it, or what are their beliefs, than we have a pretty big problem in setting a path that moves this nation forward with equality for all.

Maybe it has always been this way, but it sure doesn't seem like it to me.