I grew up with a different definition of morals. Morals were not conveyed by words, but by actions. How can one say he or she supports the traditional family, and then make it impossible for the traditional family to survive? When we are seeing more and more families with parents who are working two jobs and still not able to afford health care, is the priority really to ensure that credit card companies collect money from those Americans who are finding it harder and harder to make ends meet?
I grew up with a different definition of morals. Morals were not instilled in what you said, but in what you believed. How can one say they are a Christian when Christ himself said we will be judged by how we treat the least among us? The least among us are struggling. The least among us are not asking for much. They are asking for a chance to guarantee their children can go to the doctor, should they get sick. The least among us are asking that their children have the opportunity to obtain an education, should they want to succeed. The least among us are asking that the leaders of this country listen to them, should they make their voices heard.
I grew up with a different definition of morals. Morals were not something that could be altered, because they were something innate in your heart. Morals were the burning desire to see the world change for the better. Morals were the golden rule. Morals were making decisions that might not make you money. Morals were making decisions that might not make you famous.
Morals were saying you were wrong, but you would try to reconcile it. Morals were doing something you believed would make you a better person. Morals were doing something that you believed would make everyone around you a better person, and make this a better world. Most importantly, morals were the ability to look yourself in the mirror each and every day and say, “I have nothing to be ashamed of.”
They, the “experts,” said the last election was about morals: “The Republicans won because of their moral clarity.” “The Republicans won on a moral platform.” “The Republican Party is a party of morals.”
I look at the leadership in Washington, and I wonder where real morals have gone. They go out the door the second that the election is over. I look forward to bringing real morals to the House, and I won’t leave them at the door as the Republicans are so fond of doing.
David Gill
