Journal entry: 1-29-2012
Yesterday I was listening to Dennis Prager on talk radio. A man called in whose sister is a pregnant lesbian. The man is a social conservative who thinks each child needs a father. I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman and each baby needs a father and mother.
Prager replied that conservatives need standards for macro settings while making accommodations in their personal lives, the micro setting. Conservatives need to show love and nonjudgmental mercy for gay family members, not opting to be confrontational and rigid, criticizing the gay members as sinful. Such oppositional stances on a personal level lead to familial wars. Prager notes that liberals have no ethical standards on the macro-setting or on the micro-setting--anything goes.
He has a point about values on the personal level. I worry that the two must be consistent--championing values on the macro and micro settings. The individual must choose what to emphasize. We need standards on both levels and if there is a confrontation resulting, so be it. Family members must agree to disagree and keep the peace. Mercy, courtesy and tolerance play a role too.
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