Five Major Areas of Decline
1. The Military
Besides what has been called the "gayification" of our Armed Forces, we've seen the undermining of religious expression among our military chaplains and officers. Lieutenant General (retired) William Boykin put it best, "If chaplains and other personnel are censored from offering the full solace of the gospel, there is no religious freedom in the military."
There have also been massive reductions in military personnel, leaving us dangerously vulnerable in the event of a crisis, plus military frustration at the highest level in decades. "There's a level of dissatisfaction among the uniformed military that I've never seen in my time here" said John McCain, Senate Armed Services Chairman.
2. Marriage and Family
President Obama's aggressive advocacy of the LGBTQ agenda has brought devastation to the traditional family. He endorsed gay marriage; violated young girls by forcing school districts to allow boys who identify as girls to have full access to the girl's locker room and showers; undermined the Defense of Marriage Act; celebrated the LGBTQ lifestyle by affirming people "coming out" and appointing unprecedented numbers of LGBTQ proponents to government positions; and, now endorses efforts to ban "conversion therapy" counseling for youth struggling with gay and transgender confusion.
President Obama has
worked aggressively to transform marriage, sexuality and our children into
considering participation in the LGBTQ lifestyle as a normal, healthy sign of
liberation!
His official White House
website touts efforts to stop counseling young people struggling with same-sex
attraction and transgenderism as "protecting America's youth."
For this I mourn.
3. Radical Islam and
Terrorism
President Obama's timid
approach to dealing with the menace of ISIS and other radical, Islamic
jihadists is unbelievably reckless. Believing that we can somehow diminish
their strength and effectively defeat these barbarians by ignoring them or
downplaying their threat, strains credulity. Their growing threat coupled with
the Iranian "nuclear deal" is bringing us to an apocalypse.
The latest terror warning
in Sinai with 224 passengers killed in the "downing" of a Russian
plane caused the Wall Street Journal to bluntly state in a lead
editorial, "The greatest folly of the administration's Mideast policy has
been to imagine that an arms–length approach to the region's troubles would
keep its problems away from us. But as with the refugee crisis in Europe, or
ISIS inspired jihadist attacks in the US, the tragedy in Sinai is another
reminder that trying to downplay the threat of terrorism only brings its risks
closer to home."
For this I also mourn.
4. The Economy and
National Debt
Dr. Laurence Kotlikoff,
Professor of Economics at Boston University tried to wake up our leaders in
testimony before the U.S. Senate. He stated emphatically that "Americas
fiscal insolvency and it's generational consequences means our country is
broke. It's not broke in 75 years or 50 years or 25 years or 10 years. It's
broke today. Indeed, it may well be in worse shape (currently almost $19
trillion in debt) than any developed country, including Greece."
Yet our president keeps
spending, raising the debt limit, promising entitlements, all the while adding
almost as much debt as all previous American presidents combined. And don't
forget he conveys how our economy is booming while conveniently ignoring over
90 million people not in the workforce; 50 million on food stamps; Obamacare
premiums skyrocketing; and, the inevitable day of economic reckoning drawing
near.
"Time is running
out. Get ready for a roller coaster ride through hell!" warns economic
forecaster Larry Edelson.
Forbes magazine helps us
comprehend this staggering amount, which is leading us to the inevitable
economic crash: "In 2015, Taylor Swift did 55 concerts and earned $80
million. She would have to perform 365 concerts a year for three years to
simply pay for ONE DAY OF INTEREST accrued on our debt." Get the message?
5. Illegal Immigration
and Prisoner Release
President Obama refuses
to enforce laws concerning the massive influx of illegal immigrants into our
country, knowing these are grateful, potential Democratic voters! The majority
is Hispanic but there are Muslims as well. Europe is being overrun by the
immigrant crisis and what is happening there will be our lot in 10 years unless
new leadership acts swiftly, legally and compassionately.
Have you noticed some
signs of the times? Hamtramck Michigan City Council now has a Muslim majority.
Washington, D.C. joins other locales in giving driver's licenses to illegal
immigrants.
Our president also
believes in leniency and amnesty for drug felons. Almost 50 percent of the
inmates in federal penitentiaries serving time for drug offenses are now having
their sentences automatically reduced.
"These are young
people who made mistakes that aren't that different than the mistakes I made
and the mistakes that a lot of you guys made," the president told
journalists recently at a federal prison in Oklahoma.
The reality is 75 percent
of these individuals are violent criminals. Their "mistakes" consist
not merely of smoking a casual joint but distribution of hard drugs, often
involving gangs and weaponry. Their felony convictions resulted in many of the
44,000 who die from drug overdoses each year. Consider also the scores of young
people getting addicted, families being destroyed and children now executed in
drug gang wars like the nine-year-old boy a week ago.
Are these harmless,
victimless crimes and simply minor "mistakes?" Or is this an example
of misguided "mercy" that likewise brings in new Democratic voters?
Read "Obama's Tragic Let 'em Out Fantasy" in the Wall Street
Journal on 10/25/15 to learn more.
Here's the Deal: In 2009,
President Obama declared these words regarding his Obamacare victory,
"Elections have consequences. And at the end of the day, I won!"
It would do us well to
remember that in the 2012 presidential election, Obama beat Romney by 5 million
votes. Over 17 million evangelical Christians stayed home and did not vote. Is
voting important?
For the past seven years
we learned the hard way that President Obama was serious about his pledge to
"fundamentally transform America." I believe without question that
his lack of character and questionable commitment to his professed Christian
faith have wreaked havoc on the moral landscape of the United States of
America. May we redouble our efforts in prayer, fasting and civic engagement to
see competent, godly leaders raised up so mourning may be silenced and some
rejoicing begins afresh in our land!
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