Here's what I REALLY think (an open letter to liberals)

Julie Marie · September 08, 2009, 10:50:28 PM

Ronald Reagan famously said, in his 1964 speech called "A Time for Choosing," that "the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

My last column, "Republicans Are Evil," was about the knee-jerk reaction many liberals have to conservatives. For the most part, liberals simply can't believe it's possible to be a decent person and a conservative, at least not at the same time. Liberals far too often assume they know what conservatives believe, and it's not a pretty picture. Trouble is, many of their assumptions are wrong.

I believe in traditional Judeo-Christian values, and want the freedom to continue to worship as a Christian. I also want the right to raise my children with those values. I don't want my children taught that the practice of homosexuality is right any more than my liberal neighbors want their children taught that it's wrong. Liberals who wouldn't want their children taught Christian precepts in school should be able to understand why conservative Christians don't want their children taught un-Christian precepts. In fact, if public schools focused on academics and left social and moral issues to parents, we'd all be better off. Social change dreamed up and forced on society, including children, by a few Washington insiders is a truly frightening prospect.

I keep seeing this freedom issue cited as if encouraging equality for all is going to take away their right to freely practice their religion. Does that mean they won't be able to force their beliefs on others?

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Here's what I REALLY think (an open letter to liberals)

Julie Marie