Chapter 20: Myth—Politics Doesn’t Matter

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The real solution for families is to get the government off of our backs

and get all of us off our duffs. Decades of liberal Democratic policies have created a dependency class of people. It will take decades to help them get a new life.

Eleven (11) States in 2004 did overwhelmingly reject the idea of Gay marriage and civil unions. They amended their state constitutions to reflect their decision. Already lawsuits have been started in the courts to try to over throw the decision of the people. Court challenges to the government by the

people represents another in your face assault on the definition of marriage, which has existed for over 5,000 years. And, as I taught you in the last chapter, man did not define marriage, God Almighty did. The repudiation of Gay marriage recognizes that people understand this “moral value” despite attempts by activist judges to redefine what marriage means. Only another

amendment to the U.S. Constitution will prevent a continued legal assault on the institution of marriage. And when the people speak, the legislatures and courts should listen up. This is a government of the people, not the courts.

I bear witness to the Democratic policies that have changed our nation since I was raised in the democratic stronghold of Minneapolis. As a lifelong Minnesotan, I bear witness to the morally destructive policies of the liberal left side of the political spectrum. I also had the unique privilege of

seeing both sides of this political issue from the two fathers in my life. My natural father died when I was only 13 years old. I was fatherless until 18 when I married Jackie. Her father then became my father for another 23 years until he died. My own father was an independent musician who

wanted to decide where and when he worked. As the musician union took hold in the 1940’s to 1950’s, my father found himself increasingly being shut out from work, because he refused to join the union and kowtow to their demands. In contrast, my father in law was a common laborer all of his life

and worked for one company over 40 years. He was a union man and if he had not been a union man, he would have suffered immensely as a laborer. His union experience was a positive one and kept his livelihood viable.

Throughout my life I have considered both sides of the political issues because of the influence of these two men. In Minnesota, for the most part,