{"id":25120,"date":"2020-08-20T08:38:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T13:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=25120"},"modified":"2020-08-20T08:41:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T13:41:05","slug":"it-is-more-than-a-president-we-are-choosing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/it-is-more-than-a-president-we-are-choosing","title":{"rendered":"It Is More Than a President We Are Choosing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Addressing\nthe Democratic National Convention on opening night, Michelle Obama made\nhistory by her scathing denunciation of a sitting president by a former first\nlady. \u201cDonald Trump is the wrong president for our country,\u201d she declared. \u201cHe\nhas had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is\nclearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment.\u201d And \u201cwhenever we look to\nthis White House for some leadership or consolation or any semblance of\nsteadiness, what we get instead is chaos, division, and a total and utter lack\nof empathy.\u201d This, she claimed, was simply \u201cthe cold hard truth\u201d\u2014\u201cthe only thing\nthat can truly set us free.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is\nthe cold hard truth I witnessed shortly after her husband took office as\npresident in 2009. The occasion was a public briefing at the UN Commission on\nthe Status of Women by the US delegation led by Obama appointees, there to do\nthe bidding of the newly elected president. While we who were present knew\nthere would be a change from the policies of the previous administration, yet the\nin-your-face abruptness of the Obama personnel was startling as they denounced with\ngreat disdain the Bush policies, to be immediately supplanted by the\nenlightened principles of the new administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The zeal with which they announced this sea change was matched by their zeal in implementing it over the next eight years. Those of us working in the United Nations to protect family, faith, and life found ourselves doing battle not just with the EU and the powerful NGOs we had long fought, but now also with our own government as the Obama delegates attempted to impose on the world, America included, their misguided social agenda of abortion, sexual rights, gay marriage, and curtailment of religious freedom. The contrast with the Bush years was striking, an unforgettable lesson about the widespread influence of the American president far beyond our borders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such cold hard truths offer a revealing contrast to what is behind Michelle Obama\u2019s rhetoric. \u201cYou know how much I care about all of our children,\u201d she claimed, emphasizing that \u201cthe truest form of empathy\u201d is \u201cnot just feeling, but doing; not just for ourselves or our kids, but for everyone, for all our kids.\u201d The words ring hollow in light of what the Obama administration, including Joe Biden as vice-president, actually did in promoting the abortion of countless unborn children. Nor is the ailing Biden, who would be 78 by the time he took office, the only threat to family, faith, and life; he has chosen a running mate whose antipathy to these foundational pillars exceeds even his own, as evident in the recent expos\u00e9<\/a> by our Frank Schubert, a resident of the same state as Kamala Harris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, another sea change came with the election of Donald J. Trump, whose courageous defense of family, faith, and life has been unprecedented, even among his Republican predecessors. Last year at the UN General Assembly, as we have previously noted<\/a>, he hosted the historic Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom<\/a>, in which he stated, \u201cOur Founders understood that no right is more fundamental to a peaceful, prosperous, and virtuous society than the right to follow one\u2019s religious convictions.\u201d Days later in the General Assembly he declared<\/a> that \u201cevery child\u2014 born and unborn\u2014 is a sacred gift from God,\u201d and that Americans will \u201cnever tire of defending innocent life\u2026 Global bureaucrats have absolutely no business attacking the sovereignty of nations that wish to protect innocent life.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle was, however, right about one thing: \u201cThere is no perfect candidate, no perfect president.\u201d Even so, the fast-approaching election of our next president is not merely about politics; it forces us to take a stand on society\u2019s most fundamental and foundational issues. As our Luca Volont\u00e8 has shown<\/a> about the Democratic challenger in this election, \u201cThe candidate\u2019s actions and public statements impose an obvious duty on us: no believer can support Joe Biden.\u201d At stake is not merely the safety and prosperity of America. We are choosing not just our nation\u2019s president and not just the leader of the free world, but the individual who will wield the greatest influence in protecting\u2014 or undermining, if we choose amiss\u2014 family, faith, and life around the world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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