By Judie Brown
I grew up hearing the words “the world has gone mad” on a number of different topics, especially during the years of World War II, a war in which two of my uncles and my stepfather served. Fortunately, they returned alive and well, but sadly many of their compatriots did not.
But today there is a different battle taking place. It is a war on God and His awesomeness.
In the United States we see that three states have removed the traditional definition of marriage from their state constitutions. And in Italy a Catholic bishop alleged that Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, the patron saint of purity, was homosexual, but he has recently reversed his position, saying his comments were not based on historical evidence.
We also hear that Senate Republicans will be confirming pro-life judges when appointments come up, but as we know, the Republican definition of pro-life is as vague and principle-free as is most of what politicians do these days.
The crux of the matter is that while many of us wallow in the sea of politics as usual, our opponents, led by Planned Parenthood—the archenemy of the babies—is busily working to protect every single abortion, no matter what a state’s voters may have had in mind. Such antics saw the once-pro-life state of Missouri fall to the abortion cartel. The vote was close, but the preborn baby despisers won the day.
Perhaps this is why Planned Parenthood Action Fund president Alexis McGill Johnson recently wrote that “freedom should not depend on what dirt you’re standing on.” Of course, she is referring to the states and access to abortion after the election dust settled, but what is most interesting about her claims is that, for her, freedom is equated with abortion access not the right to live.
As if to affirm our perspective, columnist Gabriella Borter opined that the problem with Kamala Harris was that she did not focus enough attention on abortion during her campaign, leading one to believe that for devotees of death to babies, the only thing that matters is whether or not one is able to commit the act of abortion.
There is so little regard for the sanctity of life or the validity of God’s design for marriage that one is left on her knees in prayer. Yet at the end of the day this is God’s battle, and in Him we find the power to move forward.
As Saint Paul so wonderfully reminded us, “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.”
Right now this nation is rejecting that simple truth. And so it is that the current condition of rot and ruin must be examined and treated, and only the Divine Physician Himself can do that.
This is why we persist in prayer, in action, and in the education of young people.
To put it bluntly, the national drive toward immorality has worsened since the election. You see, when the fate of a child who dies and the fate of the woman who is maimed for life after aborting her own child are mere issues in a godless game similar to Laurel and Hardy’s “Who’s on First?” evil is afoot and nobody is minding the store.
This is where you and I come in. The USA has indeed gone batty, but we have the power to right these wrongs.