A Matter of Faith, Race and Politics (preview)

Prominent Black conservative leaders talk about how their faith influences the policies and politics they support.

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[JayveMontgomery]

Homelessness is a Pro-Life issue.

Poverty is a Pro-Life issue.

Denying American Children an education as funded as our defense spending, is a Pro-Life issue.

Burning Coal is a Pro-Life issue.

Having an imaginary friend in lieu of the reality before you is a Pro-Life issue.

Please do not twist Life to mean the blind making of humans that no one wants to take care of until they come back from war in a flag draped casket.

[wmg2005]

@JayveMontgomery

According to the constitution the Federal government is suppose to support our military. I see nothing in it about education. That is a or should be a function of state and local government.

With regard to the "blind making of humans" we need to teach personal responsibility instead of reckless irresponsibility that abortion promotes.

You have no arguments here, just ignorance as to what conservatives believe and stand for.

[vanzorge]

my daughter, like obama, is biracial. my daughter, unlike obama, is light skinned. however, they are both biracial.

i have presented this situation to my obama-supporting black friends and asked them - if obama was light skinned instead of dark skinned, would you still view him as being

"black" and would you vote for him. their hesitant silence tells me the answer, and i remind them of what MLK had to say on the issue of "content of character".

[fubaglady]

I cannot support Obama...not because he's black, but because he's a socialist and supports late term abortion and born alive abortions. Just CANNOT support that at all.

[wmg2005]

@JayveMontgomery

The short answer is that conservatives and liberals see a different function for the Federal government. It does not mean we don't care about the same issues we just believe it is the private sectors job-no profits, churches, etc that should feed the poor, create jobs and other acts of benevolence. The Feds were never supposed to do that. The government is too big to be effective. We suggest that it was never intended to fight poverty or improve education. That is our job!

[wmg2005]

@JayveMontgomery

Government's role is restricted to what is list in the constitution. Therefore the Government is suppose to wage war against those would would cause us harm. I am not an advocate of war but we would be naive to think war is sometimes necessary to protect ourselves and our way of life. Otherwise we'd all be speaking Japanese. Government should do those thing that private individuals can not do or what the states can not do. Education should be done locally not nationally.

[wmg2005]

@JayveMontgomery

Why do you assume that it is the government's job to do these things? On top of that you assume that because conservatives do not want to spend other peoples money on these problems we must not care. You assume to much. Conservatives believe that individuals should be allowed to give their hard earned money to the causes they feel are deserving or they want to support. We believe government has a limited role.

[JayveMontgomery]

@wmg2005 And why is it that when $ is needed for education and healthcare, the govn't spends too much $? How come the hundreds of billions we spend killing babies & women & children in Iraq and Afghanistan can't be seen by conservatives as spending too much $? I agree, the govn't spends too much $ on the wrong thing, namely war. And that should be a Pro-Life fight. Keeping our young men and women alive and well and ready to defend instead of attack, should be a Pro-Life issue! War is wrong!

[JayveMontgomery]

@wmg2005 If you cared about these issues, you'd want more education $. The educated person is less likely to need a horrifying graphic to not abort their baby. School choice? You mean school segregation? Brown vs. Board of Ed mandated Separate and Unequal to be illegal, but education funding even at the local level is just that. Funding based on property tax, sounds a bit elitist and segregationist. And by the way, if it had not been for the govn't, I'd still be drinking at a colored fountain!

[JayveMontgomery]

@wmg2005 And with national standards comes comprehensive sex education, from Abstinence to learning how to protect oneself in the event that one does not become a nun, monk, or priest. If we fund education like we do Defense, i.e, there is not one uneducated nuclear warhead, personal responsibility would be a no brainer, because people would have been properly, emotionally/socially, attended to and prepared for this responsibility. But American children are not seen as a resource, but for war.

[JayveMontgomery]

@wmg2005

I understand the constitution leaves out education. I support an Amendment for a Just Education for All Americans founded in science and reality and national standards. Local education by far has left most American children behind. As a child I was afforded a DOD education and found it to be very adequate. I believe that if people want to teach their children what ever, go for it, but there are many and plenty American children who find only the military or prison as options.

[wmg2005]

@JayveMontgomery

Your list assumes that we don't care about these issues. You are wrong. The majority of charity in this country comes from conservatives. School choice in particular has been a conservative issue for some time. Where we disagree is who should supply the charity. Liberals think it is the Governments Job. We feel it is the private sector through non-profit organizations, Churches, Synagogues, and Mosques. The government wastes too much money and is to inefficient.