The following is a letter to the editor that was sent to the Kalamazoo Gazette.
David Dennany, Kalamazoo
When Republicans had the White House, and were spending money like a drunken sailor and wanted to raise the debt ceiling, they were told by Senator Harry Reid that because of the number of baby boomers that would be collecting Social Security, and the plight of future generations, we should be lowering the debt, not increase it. Obama told us that to do so would be unpatriotic.
Now that the Democrats are spending money like a legion of drunken sailors, we are now told that if the debt ceiling is not raised we are headed for a financial Armageddon. Those who oppose such actions are nothing more than terrorists with bombs strapped to their waist.
I’m convinced that if we had a presidential candidate who advocated to legalize sexual relations between adults and children, but also promised to increase spending on social programs, many of the same who condemn the small percentage of priests that fell from grace would have no problem voting for such a person.
To say that I’m a little disheartened over some of the polls that were taken among Catholics would be putting it mildly. Apparently a large number of Catholics continue to vote for those who promote the very things that the church teaches are intrinsically evil.
Today, it could be asked, what would it profit us to live in a nanny state and forfeit our lives? What can we expect when we have many who look to the government for their rights and direction instead of God?
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