Christina’s Common Sense

The more I see of California, the more I think the movie 10.5 should become reality. At the end of it, California ends up floating in the Pacific Ocean, completely separated from the rest of the United States. That may not be such a bad fate for one of our looniest states.

The Golden State has once again demonstrated its lunacy in a state Supreme Court ruling last week. The Court struck down California’s ban on gay marriage and ruled that same-sex couples may begin to marry by mid-June.

It’s tempting for folks on my side of the aisle to blame the gay rights crowd for this. But it’s not their fault. The fault lies with us. Christians have fallen down in our duty to protect marriage. We’ve given in to no-fault divorce laws to the point that our divorce rate is as high as non-Christians’. And when asked to defend marriage, we stumble and bumble and drool all over ourselves. Is it any wonder the lefties laugh us off the stage?

It may be unpopular, but the truth is that a large homosexual population is not good for society. Since homosexual marriage has been legalized in Scandinavia, illegitimacy rates have climbed and marriage rates dropped. This has not been good for their society, so why should it be better for ours?

It won’t be. It’s politically incorrect to say this, but marriage and family are the bedrock of every healthy society. When they disappear, so does the healthy society. This has been proven again and again. Do we really want to end up like Scandinavia? Think about it.

If you’re considering voting for B Hussein Obama, this is one reason (and a pretty compelling one, in my oh-so-humble opinion) to reconsider your vote. I could carry on about it, but I really couldn’t say anything my friend Col. Rutter hasn’t already said. So I’ll simply exhort you to read the article.

It really must be painful for a man to have to saw in half all his boy toys, rendering them fairly useless. But apparently this Serbian fellow found it less painful than having to give half the quantity to his wife in their divorce settlement.

But if you think that’s strange, check out the guy who sawed his house in half after finalizing his divorce last year.

Just another reason not to get divorced in my book!

“A nation built on the principles of the Founding Fathers,” said Mitt Romney in his withdrawal speech at CPAC, “cannot long stand when its children are being raised without fathers in the home.”

For decades now, American culture has bought the lie that we can engage in, shall we say, risky behaviors all we want with no consequences. But the reality is that there are consequences for such behavior, and it’s not just the unwed mothers who are suffering them. It’s our kids too.

It’s not politically correct to say that in this day and age, but it is the truth. And it’s been said the truth hurts. But in the case of unwed mothers, the lie is just as painful. Encouraging a culture of indulgence like this exploits our children. It makes them slaves to our desires.

Gov. Romney’s insight was all too accurate. Out-of-wedlock births are a crisis for America that must be addressed, no matter how much it makes us squirm. It’s not fair to our next generation to make them subservient to our culture of indulgence. We need to put the needs of children ahead of ourselves—and we can start by not having them until we can afford them.