"Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, who has voted against gay marriage and opposes extending special protections to gay and lesbian crime victims . . . ."
Larry Craig is guilty of the liberal sin of HYPOCRISY. La Rochefoucauld called hypocrisy, "The tribute that Vice pays to Virtue." The Devil requires allegiance from sinners. Larry Craig sinned but refused to bend his knee to the Devil. That is why the Devil is after his head now. Larry Craig refused to enshrine the homosexual agenda in the temple of law.
Yet, Larry Craig must go now because the people of Idaho deserve a chance to elect a stalwart opponent of the homosexual agenda, one who cannot be blackmailed, a fear Larry Craig has lived with for his 27 years in office. Blackmail is invidious because it is hidden. Only the blackmailer and his victim know of it. This makes blackmail a dire threat to republican (small "r") government. The voters never learn the true motives for the political decisions made by their elected representatives. This is why the people need to know the character of their leaders. The chance of blackmail is too great a risk. The surrender to vice is too great a price.
Larry Craig's disgrace can be forgiven by a loving God but he has broken faith with his constituents. They can forgive him as Christians but they cannot be required to return him to office. Larry Craig's greatest service now would be to step down and allow someone who has a better chance to defeat the "liberals," "secular progressives," or whatever else they are calling themselves nowadays and thwart the perverse homosexual agenda.
"Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, who has voted against gay marriage and opposes extending special protections to gay and lesbian crime victims . . . ."
Larry Craig is guilty of the liberal sin of HYPOCRISY. La Rochefoucauld called hypocrisy, "The tribute that Vice pays to Virtue." The Devil requires allegiance from sinners. Larry Craig sinned but refused to bend his knee to the Devil. That is why the Devil is after his head now. Larry Craig refused to enshrine the homosexual agenda in the temple of law.
Yet, Larry Craig must go now because the people of Idaho deserve a chance to elect a stalwart opponent of the homosexual agenda, one who cannot be blackmailed, a fear Larry Craig has lived with for his 27 years in office. Blackmail is invidious because it is hidden. Only the blackmailer and his victim know of it. This makes blackmail a dire threat to republican (small "r") government. The voters never learn the true motives for the political decisions made by their elected representatives. This is why the people need to know the character of their leaders. The chance of blackmail is too great a risk. The surrender to vice is too great a price.
Larry Craig's disgrace can be forgiven by a loving God but he has broken faith with his constituents. They can forgive him as Christians but they cannot be required to return him to office. Larry Craig's greatest service now would be to step down and allow someone who has a better chance to defeat the "liberals," "secular progressives," or whatever else they are calling themselves nowadays and thwart the perverse homosexual agenda.