A Republican Natural Law and Reasonable Program

A Republican Natural Law and Reasonable Program
In pursuit of the truth, cinops be gone, Memorial of St. Augustine, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012

Catholic writer Phyllis Schlafly is elated with the program [platform]. She is president of Eagle Forum. Her sister Eleanor Schlafly is the publisher of The Cardinal Mindszenty Report.

Let’s take a look at the article in the Washington Times by Phyllis Schalfy, Mon., Aug. 27, 2012. “Republican Party platform best yet.” Check it out. You decide!

The 2012 platform [program] adopted the identical pro-life language that has been in the platform since the late Rep. Henry Hyde inserted it in 1964 in Dallas. It affirms that the unborn child has a fundamental in individual right to life which cannot be infringed.

In sharp contrast to the anticipated Democratic Party platform, the Republican platform [program] takes a strong stand in support of marriage as a union of one man and one woman and of the Defense of the Marriage Act (DOMA). The platform specifically opposes any changes made by an activist judiciary or by a president who swore an oath to take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

The platform speaks loud and clear against the Obama administration’s war on religion, which is trying “to compel faith-related institutions, as well as believing individuals, to contravene their deeply held religious, moral or ethical beliefs regarding health services, traditional marriage or abortion.”

This war is an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and on religiously affiliated institutions such as hospitals, schools and colleges, forcing them to accept the Obama administration’s rule that there is no higher power than the executive branch of the government.

The penalty for violating the mandate uses the Supreme Court’s new approval of the federal government’s unlimited power to tax. Employers who reject the mandate will be hit with a tax of $2,000 per employee per year, a sure road to bankruptcy.

Of course, the platform call for repealing Obamacare, identifying it as not really about health care. Obamacare is really about power, the expansion of government control and spending America into more debt.

The platform sections on immigration are examples of how closely social and fiscal issues and costs are intertwined. It is in favor of the rule of law, against any kind of amnesty, and supports requiring employers to use e-Verify to make sure employees are legally in the U.S. It takes a strong stand for approving photo ID before allowing someone to vote.

The platform expresses outrage at the Obama administration’s recent decision to reduce or eliminate the work requirement for welfare. Work was the centerpiece of the Republican welfare reform in 1996 because most Americans believe welfare should be a hand up, not a handout.

The platform endorses American military superiority as the cornerstone of our strategy to deter aggression and protect national security… it’s now more than necessary because of Mr. Obama’s foolish statements about wanting a nuclear-free world, which would leave America at the mercy of dictatorships that ignore all treaties and promises.

George H. Kubeck, We have Reagan’s three-legged stool, national fiscal, social and sovereign issues.