Away from the Equine topics with thoughts from a Friend.

"Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society." ~ Aristotle

Dear Friends...
My name is Deanna Johnson and I am the administrative assistant for the TheTeaParty.Net, so I watch from a distance, I listen from a distance.  But I can no longer just watch and listen, I must speak up, I must have my voice heard.

This week I had a big lesson on personal responsibility.  As an office we adopted a family in need and were able to provide them with a CHRISTmas that they wouldn't have had.  I'm almost 50 years old and when I look back at my life, "we" meaning everyone in my community and probably yours too, took care of themselves. We went to our families, our friends, charities and our churches for support.  We got second and third jobs, we didn't stand in a government line waiting with our hands out.  We lived "personal responsibility".

Thinking about this and how I am personally responsible for everything in my life led me to realize that I am part of the reason why anything that Phil Robertson said is a big deal. It shouldn't be. He is speaking his mind, his biblical beliefs and being punished for it.  What happened to freedom of speech?

I don't have the right to complain, I haven't been doing my part. After listening to the media, the politicians and the opposing sides and views, this is what I have determined. If Christians were not watered down because they do not want to offend anyone and want to remain "politically correct", then all of us would be speaking up all the time regarding our beliefs.  The "Phil Robertson incident" never would have been an issue.

God's word has never changed, we have.  We have become a society of it's okay, they can do what they want as long as it doesn't affect me.  I'm here to tell you, it does affect you, it affects all of us! I stand with those who have not been speaking, I stand with those who do not defend what is right and just, who have accepted that sin is okay because how can "I" change what someone else does?  We live in a dangerous time.  We live in a time where evil is prevailing because good men do nothing.

We are just as much to blame, if not more to blame for doing nothing. Do not allow our rights be taken away one by one.  Do not sit by silently. It is time to stand up for what it right, for what is just, it time to defeat what is wrong and what is evil.  It is time we take back our country. Let your voice be heard.  Let your voice be heard now.

Will you make your voice heard.  Take some responsibility.

Sincerely,

Deanna Johnson