Jane Chastain : Politically Direct

Conservatives are confident that Barack Obama’s support of gay marriage will cost him the election.  This may or may not be the case.  Polls show Americans to be evenly divided on this issue.  However, one thing is clear: While older voters are strongly opposed to these unions, younger voters strongly support them and the gap on this issue continues to close each and every year.

Conservatives are slowly losing the battle to protect marriage.  If we don’t change our tactics we will lose, not today or even tomorrow, but we will lose! Read the rest of this entry »

A neighbor recently asked me whom I was supporting for the GOP presidential nomination.  He was surprised that I hadn’t decided to support Mitt Romney. Frankly, I had a hard time explaining my indecision even though I have serious problems with the other candidates.

 
Gingrich, though a great idea man, blew it when he became Speaker of the House.  He squandered the Republican revolution he led and punished conservatives who stood by their principles. Then, there are his serial moral failings.

Ron Paul is right on economic and constitutional issues, but his positions on foreign policy scare me to death.

Santorum is a good man even though he often went along to get along with George W. Bush when Bush was increasing the size of government and spending us into oblivion.  My biggest problem with Santorum, however,  is that he has never run a business.   Read the rest of this entry »

The Obama Administration is seeking to use our military to advance its leftist social agenda.   It is up to the American people to stop this attack on our men and women in uniform.  There is no time to lose.

A bill is awaiting final floor action in the Senate that would scrap both the provision that has prevented open homosexuals from serving in the military and force military hospitals and military personnel to perform abortions, a process that many consider to be abhorrent. Read the rest of this entry »

Christians believe that the Bible is “God-breathed,” handed down, unchanged throughout the ages by the Creator himself.

Then, along comes Newsweek. In next week’s cover story, “Our Mutual Joy,” Lisa Miller advocates for gay marriage and tells us that God really didn’t mean all those explicit pronouncements against homosexuality in his holy Word. Read the rest of this entry »

The battle to protect traditional marriage in California was the most expensive ballot measure in the nation decided in Tuesday’s election. “So goes California, goes the nation,” was the battle cry of activists on both sides as money poured into California from all 50 states to fight for and against the initiative that amends the state’s constitution and puts the definition of marriage out of reach of judicial activists. Read the rest of this entry »