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"Painting The Map Red": Chapter Six- The Left Redefining Marriage?

Dr. D — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:41:44 +0000

By Hugh Hewitt, (Washington DC: Regnery Pub., Inc, 2006, 229 pgs.)

We have all seen it, read it, & lived through it all, in the last several years, but Hugh Hewitt in chapter 6 of his new book-”Painting The Map Red”, documents the whole process to date. The Left and their willing accomplices in the MSM, and in the judiciary, are bringing about a radical change in the definition of marriage. Same-sex ‘marriage’ is a constant ‘drum beat’ that continues to gain ground through intimidation and by Judicial fiat.

No one is in favor of ‘real’ discrimination anymore, and many are willing to allow for same-sex partnership rights–”just don’t call it marriage”! Meanwhile, those who want to maintain the traditional definition of marriage, as between a man & a woman, are designated as ‘bigots’ by many in the MSM. Those of us who have religious convictions, based upon the Bible, are portrayed as ‘fascists’ trying to impose a ‘theocracy’, which is just silly since we are not the ones trying to bring a change in this matter.

It doesn’t seem to matter to these folks, that every single vote taken on the federal level & in the states, continues to support the traditional understanding. Do we still have a government ‘of the people, by the people, and for the people’? Or are we now governed by elitist judges, leftist academicians, & the unelected MSM? This November should be interesting!

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"Painting The Map Red": Chapter Four- The Left Vs. Religion

Dr. D — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:31:56 +0000

By Hugh Hewitt, (Washington,DC: Regnery Pub.,Inc, 2006, 229 pgs)

In Chapter Four of Hugh Hewitt’s new book- “Painting The Map Red”, Hugh documents the recent efforts by the left; including MSM pundits, Democratic leaders, Academics, and assorted leftist groups, in attacking mainstream Americans of ‘clear faith’, on a number of issues. This chapter alone is worth the price of admission.

The great divide is not really about whether one believes in God or not, most Americans do. According to Dennis Prager, quoted extensively in this chapter, the great debate and divide is really over the Bible. Those who believe that the Bible still has authority and is ‘Word of God’, approach life, morality, issues like abortion & marriage, different than those who look upon the Bible as merely, an important work from the past, of human origin.

Evangelical Christians & committed Catholics have found that they have a great deal in common and in the process have become a formidable group to be reckon with politically. Frustrated by the results of the last three elections, some on the left have referred to committed believers as ‘fundamentalists’–as bad as the ‘Islamic extremists’, and ‘The American Taliban’. Some have even implied that they hope that in the future they will be able to eliminate serious believers from public service, especially as judges.

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