Friday, May 21, 2004
Cal Tomas: White Flag in the Culture War?
I see Cal Thomas around town a lot. He's tall! He seems nice, but I think his commenatry is about the same "C" grade level as Shawn Hannity and he lacks the populist fire-in-the-belly of O'Reilly. But somehow, for some reason he doesn't push me over the edge. I think it is because he looks like Mr. Mooney (see also, the Lucy Show). Anyway, his commentary today he acknowledges something even my loyal reader Bronson would agree with. I quote.
""Pro family" groups have given it their best shot, but this debate is over. They would do better to spend their energy and resources building up their side of the cultural divide and demonstrating how their own precepts are supposed to work. Divorce remains a great threat to family stability, and there are far more heterosexuals divorcing and cohabiting than homosexuals wishing to "marry." If conservative religious people wish to exert maximum influence on culture, they will redirect their attention to repairing their own cracked foundation. An improved heterosexual family structure will do more for those families and the greater good than attempts to halt the inevitable. A topical solution does not cure a skin disease whose source is far deeper."
I agree. Far better to tackle issues that really threaten traditional marriage and lead by example rather than (As "W" put it) pointing at the sliver in someone else's eye when you have a log in your own.
Could there be a truce? Or at least an opportunity for more dialogue and less shouting?
Let's hope so.
""Pro family" groups have given it their best shot, but this debate is over. They would do better to spend their energy and resources building up their side of the cultural divide and demonstrating how their own precepts are supposed to work. Divorce remains a great threat to family stability, and there are far more heterosexuals divorcing and cohabiting than homosexuals wishing to "marry." If conservative religious people wish to exert maximum influence on culture, they will redirect their attention to repairing their own cracked foundation. An improved heterosexual family structure will do more for those families and the greater good than attempts to halt the inevitable. A topical solution does not cure a skin disease whose source is far deeper."
I agree. Far better to tackle issues that really threaten traditional marriage and lead by example rather than (As "W" put it) pointing at the sliver in someone else's eye when you have a log in your own.
Could there be a truce? Or at least an opportunity for more dialogue and less shouting?
Let's hope so.
