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Overcome Evil with Good
By Kay R. Daly
November 1, 2004

Evil is casting a shadow over the earth.

An 8-year-old child calls 911 emergency gasping and crying, as he describes the murder of his mother by his father as his own stab wounds drain the life out of his small body.

An American, trying to help the Iraqi people, is kidnapped and tortured then held down while barbarians saw and hack their way through his neck. Crying "Allah Akbar", they dance for joy with the lifeless head in their murderous hands.

A mother calmly drowns her children one by one, lining their tiny bodies on the bed, even chasing down one child who doesn't go trustingly to the bathtub after witnessing the murders of his siblings.

A visibly pregnant woman wears a T-shirt in the pro-abortion rally in Washington that states, "I'm looking forward to my abortion."

Children celebrating the first day of school in a small Russian town are starved, beaten, tortured, raped, blown apart by bombs and shot in the back while their helpless parents watch in horror.

Middle school children, saturated with the violent and sexually explicit messages of television, video games, movies and the music industry, are perpetrating what they see on their elementary school peers.

There is, in fact, no end to the horrifying stories that seem to be accelerating in frequency. Yet we seem to be growing numb. We don't even wonder why anymore.

There was a time in this nation when we valued life. There was social convention, mores, certain rules for behavior. There was shame. Every depravity is not only accepted but celebrated. With the rejection of all things traditional in the 1960s, any self-imposed limits went out the window.

It's not just the virtual absence of thank you notes and table manners but a whole scale rejection of taking responsibility, consequences and self-discipline. The ends justify the means and all impulses are valid. There is no black and white, only shades of gray. Blame can never be internalized but must be laid at the feet of some oppressive group.

The very people who ushered in this era of moral relativism and its horrific results are now asking for the keys to the front door of the White House. Once before, they had the reins of power and the Oval Office was turned into a virtual brothel. Even lying under oath wasn't a problem because "everybody does it."

In many ways, more worrisome than a Kerry presidency is the notion of what the extreme left may do if there is a second Bush Administration. The activities of the left in the pre-election season may be only a precursor to what may happen after the polls close on Tuesday. For heaven's sake, there have been shots fired into offices and even a Congresswoman was nearly run down by a car, all in the name of "political expression."

Ordinary conversations about politics across this nation are turning into violent arguments. It is almost as if this "anything goes" crowd has no stop button. Even the wannabe Second Lady Elizabeth Edwards has said that there will "be no rioting so long as John Kerry is elected."

Arm a petulant toddler mid-tantrum and you have an idea of what we seem to be facing. And no, it is not all on one side of the political fence, either.

There is no doubt that this election is important. But our forefathers did not wrench our freedom from a tyrannical king and at great sacrifice give us the right to vote so that we could devolve into uncivilized animals eager to win at all costs.

When all is said and done, what concerns me most is the safety of my family, the protection of the Constitution and the preservation of our nation. As the book of Romans clearly suggests, the way to confront evil is to overwhelm it with good. Whether that good is truth, consistency, justice, decency, fairness or honor, there are many of us who will spend every waking moment confronting the evil that stalks our families no matter who occupies the White House in January.

Here's hoping there is an ally, not an adversary, inaugurated next year.

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