by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton
Are independence and freedom the same thing?
Loretta Lynn has died at age 90. What a woman! And I didn’t even know about her song “The Pill,” from 1975, celebrating that she finally had some control over her own body. Apparently it still isn’t played much on country music stations because some people take it as an attack on family values.
Being a family sort of person myself, and also one who looks things up, I found this: “Several well-known online dictionaries define ‘family values’ as the following: ‘the moral and ethical principles traditionally upheld and passed on within a family, as fidelity, honesty, truth, and faith.’”
Goodness, what a lot of flexibility! Fidelity to self or someone else or both? How does that work? Honesty even about what we’re feeling? Truth about what we want and don’t want? What we believe and don’t believe? Faith to principles or religions? Whichever ones we believe to be right?
Good thing God gave us brains!
Loretta and I would likely vote differently on some things, but we both value personal independence, which to me means freedom. And we both value respect and dignity for the individual.
Please vote; please vote independently, not simply straight party line, and please vote for individuals whom you respect and trust.
Gomez says
I’m a non-believer but I’m with you on most of this except for me, any Republican that wants my vote has to come out & do two things; denounce Donald Trump, and openly say and accept that the 2020 election was free and fair and that Joe Biden rightfully won. If they can’t say those two things, I would not even consider giving them my vote, because it shows a both a lack of morals and courage.
Tim says
I can’t imagine in my wildest nightmare that any Christian conservative is looking for your vote Garcia.
Mary… there is a big difference between The Pill, a contraceptive to prevent pregnancy and abortion!
Gomez says
“There is a big difference between The Pill, a contraceptive to prevent pregnancy and abortion!”
Not to the Catholic church, or the 5 Catholic Supreme Court Justices.
PS. It’s Gomez, not Garcia.
Mike Mercer says
I believe there are 6.
Gomez says
Thank you for the correction. I was thinking that one had switched denominations, but maybe not.