It makes me sad when people buy in to a political party’s speak on issues to such a degree that they become hateful at their opponents and the point becomes not helping a situation or people group, but demonizing and demolishing anyone seen as an opponent at any cost – which turns out to be completely at odds with exactly the values they’re trying to promote. Compassion for immigrants, widows, orphans, unborn children, women, men, and disenfranchised people of all kinds is a noble and a worthy value to uphold.
How can anyone say, men are more important than women? Or, women are more important than men? Where in the world would it be right to say immigrants are more important than children? Or poor are more important than rich? Rich are more important than poor? In what universe could it ever be right to put one group of people over another? Can you ever equalize a person or people group by trashing another person or people group? Is that truly effective? In the course of trying to equalize people, we have denigrated and marginalized people – how is that working? It’s not. As long as it’s okay to hate and tear down and demonize, dehumanize others – these problems will continue. Until we see the value in every person, even and especially those we do not agree with – these many problems will continue. I’m praying for eyes to open – for people to let go of their party affiliation and to embrace compassion for people, especially people they have trouble embracing – people they don’t like!
For the record,
Men, all men, are beloved of God, precious, important – they matter and are not disposable, not people to despise, hate, use, denigrate or treat as non-humans, not to be treated as chattel, property, objects, to subjugate, look down on or prevent from becoming all God made them to be
Women, all women, are beloved of God, precious, important - they matter, are not disposable, not people to despise, hate, use, denigrate or treat as non-humans. They are not to be viewed as persons to subjugate, look down on or prevent from becoming all God made them to be
Babies and children, all of them, in the womb or out of it, are beloved of God, precious gifts of God, important – they matter and are not disposable, not people to despise, hate, use, denigrate or treat as non-humans, not to be treated as chattel, property, objects, to subjugate, look down on or prevent from becoming all God made them to be
Just my 2 cents, for what that's worth today.
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