Every person has a world view, a set of beliefs that informs our thinking, our decisions and our actions. It is how we interpret the world and deal with it.
My world view is not only how I understand things to be, it is the basis on which I vote. I will never be one of those much-wooed “undecided voters”. In fact, to be undecided, in my world view, is a symptom of not knowing which end is up, or even of being uninformed. A person who is undecided between two such starkly contrasting world views as we have represented in this election doesn’t know what they believe about the world and won’t be voting based on issues.
I gave some thought to my world view and how it informs the choices I will commit to while I’m in the voting booth. These are a few of the things that I will never be undecided about:
Marriage is one man and one woman. Period. Anything else and it’s not marriage. You can’t take a horse and slap a giraffe label on it and expect it to be a giraffe; it’s still a horse. Marriage is, has always been and always will be one man and one woman.
Don’t open the door to the enemy. If the enemy is in the neighborhood, don’t let him stay there. The concept of turning the other cheek was originally intended to address the idea of personal revenge, not protection and security.
Israel is the only democracy and our only ally in the Middle East. We need to support it for that reason alone.
Family solidity and stability is crucial for the survival of humanity.
Parents have jurisdiction over the training and molding of their children.
Care for the least, the lost, the unborn, the newborn, the elderly, the disfigured and the disabled. Human beings are worthy of being valued at any stage of life.
Governments exist for the protection of the people, not to provide programs and privileges.
Natural law cannot be violated without consequences.
Civil rights are not the same as human rights. Citizens of a government enjoy the rights afforded by that government. Non-citizens do not.
Good stewardship over our resources is required, but the environment, animals and plants do not have the same value as a human being.
Capitalism is more equitable than socialism.
Truth is absolute. Truth is true for all people, at all times, in all places. It does not change.
Neither party platform is perfect. I will vote for the platform that most closely aligns with my world view. No candidate has all the answers. But I will vote for those who are nearer to my way of understanding how the world works.
