America was founded upon some basic principles, the most fundamental of which we declared to all the world, namely, that we are “endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights.” I hate to say it, but now days that “just ain’t so.” Congress proved it last week.

If the Republican Party were a zoo, events of late would lead one to believe that it is more like a sanctuary for rhino’s, uh, I mean RINO’s. And the Republican zoo keepers (i.e. leadership) at the national level had better start paying attention.

I suppose we all know the old saying that you don’t talk about religion and politics in polite company. Both religion and politics are about truth claims, and truth claims tend to be divisive. So, when we begin to talk about political things in the church, people can become very uncomfortable.

Yesterday state Senator Dewayne Bunch (R-Cleveland) made it known that he was not going to run for re-election in 2010.  No doubt, the people of his district will elect a conservative successor, but his decision to retire will leave a hole in the Senate. Senator Bunch, first elected in 1996, is not only a true conservative, but he is a sharp lawyer who is willing to stand against judicial activism, counter liberal legal arguments, and champion causes that others will merely support when the time for a vote comes around. This past year he was a well-prepared and strong sponsor of the Religious Freedom Protection Act, which is now state law. Some say “kill all the lawyers.” They wouldn’t say that if they had Senator Bunch representing them. We need a “bunch” more like him.

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