To the Bitter End

Posted on December 12th, 2008 by Kip

With emphasis on the “bitter” —

The Presidential Citizens Medal was established in November 13, 1969, to recognize U.S. citizens who have performed exemplary deeds of service for the nation. It is one of the highest honors the President can confer upon a civilian, second only to the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Among the 23 recipients just announced:

For more than three decades, Chuck Colson has dedicated his life to sharing the message of God’s boundless love and mercy with prisoners, former prisoners, and their families. Through his strong faith and leadership, he has helped courageous men and women from around the world make successful transitions back into society. The United States honors Chuck Colson for his good heart and his compassionate efforts to renew a spirit of purpose in the lives of countless individuals.

Among (convicted felon) Colson’s “good heart and his compassionate efforts“?

Radical Islamists were surely watching in July when the Senate voted on procedural grounds to do away with the Federal Marriage Amendment. This is like handing moral weapons of mass destruction to those who use America’s decadence to recruit more snipers and hijackers and suicide bombers.
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Preserving traditional marriage in order to protect children is a crucially important goal by itself. But it’s also about protecting the United States from those who would use our depravity to destroy us. We must not give up simply because the Senate voted down the FMA. It took William Wilberforce and his allies 20 years to shut down Britain’s slave trade; it will take years to win the battle for traditional marriage.

Supporting gay marriage is the moral equivalent of terrorism and slave trading?

That was in 2004. More recently Colson called the fight over Proposition 8 “the Armageddon of the culture war.”

And for this the un-Christian bastard gets a medal from our train wreck of a president?

Maybe we’d be better off if Obama really were a Muslim. Having excessively “Christian” presidents simply hasn’t worked out very well.

Previously:
–Families, Marriage and Adoption: Which Bush to Believe?
–Happy “Atheists Don’t Count Day”
–Happy Holiday
–Happy (Heterosexual) Family Day