The Elephant in the Room
There’s an Elephant in the Room.
By Liz Smith-Anderson
Quiet now, there’s an Elephant in the room. No one wants to talk openly about the Elephant. Everyone knows the Elephant is there. Voters who agree with The Elephant will talk in whispers about how God’s people are taking back the government. The Elephant is religious extremism.
Before a recent debate, an elderly gentleman sat next to me and said; It sure is good that God’s people are returning to government. I was not sure whom he was talking about. He told me Ralph Norman had been chosen by God; that he was sure that what God intended would be done through this election. The last time a candidate won an election on his higher moral standards and his selection by God, we ended up with George W. Bush. He has yet to deliver on his promises to abolish abortion, return us to our Christian Values , and make gay marriage illegal. Of course, none of the above are political issues. These are personal issues, not open for public debate…unless you want to be judge and jury, condemning anyone who is not up to the high moral standards of the Elephant. The Elephant has been and will continue to be the issue only whispered about in public, and preached about on Sunday. Otherwise, regular folks would find out what the Elephant is up to.
So, quietly, the religious extremists set to work. A school board here, a town council there. Soon people with a religious as well as political agenda are running government. We are all paying the price. Unlike the Libertarians, I am going to vote. I urge everyone to do so. Religious extremism needs to be exposed for what it is, a big, empty, bag of hot air with no intentions of delivering on its promises. Most Americans have had no say in the running of our country because they fear the Elephant. The Elephant attacks anyone who gets in its way with lies and innuendo.
Religious extremists are now trying to paint John Spratt as the evil sidekick of the abortions for everyone liberal from California, Nancy Pelosi. This seems to be the entire reason that the Elephant has for voting for their candidate. Their article last month contained at least 10 references to Pelosi, without ever making a point. Religious extremism promised to return this country to our supposed shared moral standards. Of course the Elephant defines this standard. The Elephant has a direct connection to God that no one else has. His Creator has endowed the Elephant with the ability to know, without a doubt, what God wants, while ignoring the tenets set before us in antiquity. The Elephant possesses the amazing metaphysical ability to channel the wishes of God directly through the mouth of their ministers and columnists. They know the good
book; they know the way to salvation. And it is the religious extremist’s way or no way. God help anyone who tries to slow them down.
It is time to talk about the Elephant, in public. We cannot be bullied into giving our power over to religious extremists, or to politicians who want to cash in on their religion. Our founding fathers tried to make sure this would never happen. We hold these truths to be self-evident. Now religious extremists want to redefine these words, make our country into something it is not, and destroy any civic and social progress we have
made in these past 200+ years. We, the voter, have allowed this to happen. Only by voting can deflate this empty Elephant. We can build upon the premise that All Men are Created Equal and therefore have equal standing regardless of race, color, or creed (religion). The Green Party can be a viable option for those of you looking for a political party that honors the spirit of the Constitution. For those of you who honor and respect the religious freedoms we enjoy in this country, I urge you to vote by the dictates of your own conscience, not because you were told to in a voter guide that makes the choice for you.