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A Truce Is Not a Surrender

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Anyone who knows me knows that when it comes to social issues  (i.e. abortion, gay marriage, etc.) I tend to take a more libertarian approach.   I’m not a big fan of abortion so I don’t plan to have one.*  I frankly couldn’t care less about gay marriage because divorce does more to kill a marriage rather than two men trying to decide between stripes and pastels.

Now this doesn’t mean I don’t believe in strong families, I am a firm believer that the responsible two-parent household is the best way to raise children.  However, I believe a healthy economic climate is the best way to help families.  Not taxing to people to death, reforming education and having an economic environment where businesses can grow and prosper are the best ways to save families.

Mitch Daniels seems to get this, but Mike Huckleberry and his ilk just can’t seem to grasp that concept.    Daniels, who is a conservative has never said pro-life advocates should quit, nor supporters of traditional marriage.  However, the curse of being the grown up in the room is that you have to focus on what’s important such as getting this nation’s massive debt under control, putting people back to work  and reforming education and health care using free market principles.

How hard is this?  Frankly, the “pro-family” crowd has done more to harm its cause than anything else.  Mark Souder, anyone?  Calling for a truce is not the same as calling it a day.  The pro-family people can still fight over abortion and gay marriage, but for now don’t get upset when nobody listens because they’re more concerned about keeping a roof over their heads.

*This is usually the point where someone interjects about how under current law, my wife could have an abortion and there’s nothing I could do about it.  This is where I tell them if  things have gotten to that point between my wife and me,  we have much bigger problems to worry about.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on June 21, 2010 (boomark / email).