Minority Rules?

Why does the Christian Right think they can dictate to our country? They have this bizarre belief that they are a majority here. And those that are bright enough to realize that they are not believe that 'God' is on their side and so they know what happens after death and how it is decided who is punished and who is rewarded. And we're not talking 71 virgins (which, by the way, is translated some places as '71 white raisins'!). All belief in the afterlife that includes exclusion and punishment of some and inclusion and rewards for others is dangerous. Because those that are labeled as being in the 'reward group' see those in the 'to be punished group' as a threat. This leads to many bad scenarios. But I digress.

If someone is going to be operated on, if we are building a rocket to the moon, or a bridge across a river or even if you are just looking for a piece of art for your living room, you look for the best and brightest to accomplish these things. You make your choice on the perceived competence of the builder involved.

As much as I value my friends I am not going to turn to them to do my dental work or even clean my teeth! When I want to get something done I find the best person I can higher to accomplish the task. I don't ask them who they voted for in the last election or what their beliefs are about an afterlife. I go the the local records department and see if the are licensed and bonded and find out what kind of legal action has been brought against them in the realm of their expertise.

The religious right is so stupid on so many levels when they vote as a block to support the Republicans who say they are against a woman having control over their own body and against all people having the right to chose whomever they want as a loving and legal life partner. Morality can not and should not be legislated. You can not control what I think or believe. Any one who votes for a representative with out regard to the candidates views on how tax burdens are to be set (the more you make the more you contribute to the general good?) and distributed in an effort to keep us all safe, healthy and educated (sewers, health care, law enforcement, infrastructure, jobs, education, environment, foreigner policy) is not voting in their own best interest.

Our country is too important to put in the hands of any but the best and brightest representatives. If our government is filled with intelligent, competent individuals we have a chance to accomplish not only the mundane that keeps our country healthy from day to day but also the unforeseen. We need people making these most important decisions that are brilliant, not merely the average Joe.

There is nothing I won't do for my grand child and that includes vote. And I am voting for smartest people I can find that make their decisions based on deliberation not on some set of rules that were written down sixteen hundred to two thousand years ago or maybe more. It is the twenty first century and our human history must be used as a guide not a template.