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Redstate
The Wildfire
Burns
By Erick Erickson
For those of us of faith, it appears society has collectively lost its
mind. Madness has set in. Yes, in fact, we see what Paul warns of in
Romans 1. The people have been handed over to themselves and we are
caught in the middle. It is a wildfire of the mind and society.
A lot of you want to check out of it. You want to take refuge, hide,
and protect your families. You want to go for the Benedictine Model
that Rod Dreher hints at — take shelter in the monastery and wait for
the fire to burn itself out.
I actually think the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday hurts the
Republicans in 2016. I think a lot of people whose votes they need will
throw up their hands and walk away. They see a lot of Republican
politicians declaring it time to move on. They see 300 Republicans, a
lot of them from George W. Bush’s administration, supporting the
decision. These cultural conservatives think it is time to get out of
Dodge while the getting is good.
The 300 Republicans who wanted this case to go away as a political
issue, might find that the base they have relied on goes away with it.
They will not expand their base with black and hispanic voters as small
government, cultural liberals. They will lose more of their base as
they move away from cultural conservatism altogether...
Read the rest of the article at Redstate
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