IS THIS REALLY AMERICA?

THE ROMEIKE FAMILY

As more and more time passes, it becomes more and more difficult to relate to current developments  in American politics and government.  Supposedly flexibility is the key to understanding, but there are just certain things that tax one's flexibility.

I vividly recall my grandfather, who was a county Democratic office-holder, extolling the virtues of a Democratic Party, which had created a broad coalition across class, racial and income lines.  As a child, I accompanied my grandfather to party rallies and heard more of the same. To say that these experiences had an impact on my young mind would be an understatement.

If I were to return to my grandfather's home county today, I would find no Democrats in the county court house.  And, sadly, I must also say that if my grandfather were alive, he would likely be hard pressed to call himself a Democrat, for the Democratic Party, the longest continuously existing political party in world, is no longer the party my grandfather so loved and admired.

A staple of the political grounding in my family was strong emphasis on freedom of conscience and religion. In fact, my earliest ancestor to reach North America in the 17th century fled the Puritans to practice his Anglicanism in Virginia.  With this sort of background  in my lineage, I find it incredible that my country would turn away and expel evangelical Christians coming to America in order to follow the dictates of their faith.  But this is exactly what is happening with the Romeike family, which had previously been granted asylum in the U.S.

The Romeikes had sought to home school their children in Germany; however, in Germany, home schooling is against the law.  Incredibly, in Germany, parents insisting on home schooling may be deprived of their children by the state. Recently, the administration of our Democratic president has had the asylum status of the Romeikes revoked and has taken steps to deport them.  To call the administration action against the Romeikes astonishing would be to miss the point.  At a time when the asylum process seems intent on admitting assorted Islamists and individuals with terrorist links to the U.S., evangelical and fundamentalist Christians often find themselves demeaned and ridiculed in an increasingly pagan society clearly adrift from its traditional moorings.  So, while the administration turns a blind eye to illegal immigration and bends the asylum law in favor of elements unlikely to meld into American society, to bar the door to the Romeikes is nothing short of appalling.

However, it all begins to fit when one hears of the Democratic governor of New York railing against conservatives, pro-life advocates and defenders of the 2nd Amendment, saying that such individuals are lacking in proper New York values.  Yes, dear readers, it was not so long ago that we would not have imagined that such things would be said or imagined by responsible public servants.  As one who cut his teeth on the principle of academic freedom, I would have considered the prospect of having leaders such as those who now strut and preen on center stage of the Democratic Party laughable.  But history is such that the unimaginable more often than not takes one by surprise.  Nevertheless, one has faith that the abiding strength and goodness of America will weather the storm of the present Democratic Leninist doppelgangers, who give every indication that they wish to impose their own dogma of deceit, dismantling our country to such an extent that it is no longer recognizable.

Deo Vindice!

May God bless Texas, and may the Lone Star State remain forever red!