Restating The Obvious
These days, it is increasingly our task to point people back to the principles they know intuitively, but which are rapidly going out of fashion. Paradoxically, this task becomes both easier and harder every day. That’s because we’re living in a time in which the obvious has become the unspeakable, while the once-unspeakable has become the unquestionable. In such times, there is only one thing to do if we are to have any hope of restoring our sanity – and humanity: Restate the obvious, and do it often and without fear. Here’s a good start.
We hold these Truths to be self-evident:
An unborn child is a life, not a choice.
The intentional destruction of innocent human life is wrong.
There are males and there are females, and one cannot become the other.
Male and female form a complementary pair both in body and spirit that is distinct from all other pairings.
Only the sexual components of both a man and a woman can bring about new human life.
Married biological parents afford the most natural and optimal environment within which children may be nurtured, protected, trained, and affirmed.
Mothers and Fathers are not interchangeable.
Fathers, whether present or absent, play a crucial role in the life of every child.
Parents are generally the most reliable arbiters of what is in their children’s best interests.
Marriage brings positive stability to adults, children, families, the marketplace, and society at large.
Strong, loving families beget healthy, industrious individuals and communities.
People with strong family ties are less likely to turn to the government for help in meeting their needs.
Man’s duties to his Creator take precedence over those he owes to all others.
As a government’s power and scope increase, individual freedoms decrease.
Governments closer to the people are more accountable and responsive to the people.
Governments, like all other human-led institutions, are subject ultimately to the Creator of all things.
Private charitable enterprises are far more efficient and effective in meeting individual needs than impersonal government-based aid.
Religious faith instills moral values for individual behaviors, which in turn makes ordered liberty possible.
