Introduction
Yesterday's article introduced this three-part series that focuses on the upcoming 2024 presidential election. Election day is next Tuesday, November 5th. This part two is the twenty-third entry in the Worldviews in Conflict topic section.
This article contrasts the 2024 Republican Party platform with the 2024 Democrat Party platform. Which platform is more in line with the biblical worldview? The conclusion answers that question.
Definitions
First, let us take a moment to see how the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines Republican and Democrat or Democratic. This may seem like an elementary exercise, but defining terms points out contrasts.
According to Merriam-Webster: Republican (noun and adjective), a Republican is a member of the Republican Party, also called the Grand Old Party (GOP). The Republican Party is “associated with reduced taxation, with limited government regulation of business, finance, industry, education, and policing, with strong national defense, and with opposition to abortion, affirmative action, gun control, and policies and laws that are viewed as challenging traditional social and family hierarchies and structure.”
Merriam-Webster: Democrat (noun) and Merriam-Webster: democratic (adjective) state that a Democrat is a member of the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is “associated with government regulation of business, finance, and industry, with federally funded educational and social services, with separation of church and state, with support for abortion rights, affirmative action, gun control, and policies and laws that protect and support the rights of workers and minorities, and with internationalism and multilateralism in foreign policy.”
These dictionary definitions present several contrasts. A direct contrast is on abortion. Abortion, a euphemism, is killing an unborn child in the mother's womb. Republicans oppose abortion, with rare exceptions, and protect the lives of unborn children. Democrats support a woman's so-called right to kill her unborn child and do not protect that child's right to life. Another contrast is that Republicans support traditional family and social values. Democrats, as will be shown more fully, promote alternative lifestyles.
2024 Republican Platform
The Republican Party has two official websites: Republican National Committee (GOP.com) and Republican National Committee (RNC.org). The sites mirror each other. The party formed in 1854, initially to abolish slavery. The “principles of the Republican Party” affirm “God-given liberties.”
The 2024 Republican platform is online at the 43rd Republican National Convention: The 2024 Republican Platform: Make America Great Again! (RNC.org). It is a 28-page document. The Preamble, pages 4-7, includes twenty promises. The Table of Contents, pages 11-22, includes ten chapters. The light font on a white background is hard on the eyes.
Reading the 28-page platform, I found interesting or agreed with most of the contents. Of humorous interest, on page 14, the conclusion to Chapter 3 expresses the Republican desire to return astronauts to the Moon and send them to Mars. They even want to build an orbital manufacturing industry above the Earth! Those are pipe dreams, Star Trek-like fantasies, considering the ever-increasing federal deficit.
A point of serious interest is on page 18, under Chapter 7.9: Return Education to the States. It indicates that the Republican Party wants “to close the Department of Education in Washington, D.C. and send it back to the States, where it belongs, and let the States run our educational system as it should be run.” That is a good idea. Just ask my wife. As an educator, she despises the federal Department of Education.
At the bottom of page 18, I firmly agree with Chapter 8.1: Empower American Families. It states, “Republicans will promote a Culture that values the Sanctity of Marriage, the blessings of childhood, the foundational role of families, and supports working parents. We will end policies that punish families.” Marriage is the union between one man and one woman, nothing else. The article from 12/15/2022 addresses this topic.
Most importantly, on page 20, I wholeheartedly agree with Chapter 9.4: Republicans Will Protect and Defend a Vote of the People, from within the States, on the Issue of Life. That section affirms, “We proudly stand for families and Life. We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied Life or Liberty without Due Process, and that the States are, therefore, free to pass Laws protecting those Rights. After 51 years, because of us, that power has been given to the States and to a vote of the People. We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access to Birth Control, and IVF (fertility treatments).” My full statement affirming the pro-life position is in the 6/30/2022 article.
In further agreement, on page 21, is Chapter 9.5: Republicans Will End Left-wing Gender Insanity. It states, “We will keep men out of women’s sports, ban Taxpayer funding for sex change surgeries, and stop Taxpayer-funded Schools from promoting gender transition, reverse Biden’s radical rewrite of Title IX Education Regulations, and restore protections for women and girls.” There are two genders, male and female. The unbiblical notion that men can “transition” to become women, or vice versa, is truly appalling and insane.
2024 Democrat Platform
The Democrat Party has one official website, the Democratic National Committee. Founded in 1848, the Democrat Party is “the oldest continuing political party in the United States.”
The '24 Democratic Party Platform is a 92-page online document, over three times larger than the 2024 Republican Platform. The brief Preamble is on pages 2-3. The Table of Contents, pages 4-19, includes nine chapters. The brighter font on a white background is easier to read.
Reading the 92-page platform, a couple of general thoughts came to mind. First, fact-checking the accuracy of the accomplishments claimed is needed. The platform reads as if, in the last four years, much has improved and that all is well. Why do many Americans, including me, not feel that way? Further, the platform frequently demonizes and attacks the previous president, Donald Trump. Being no fan of the former president, I was put off by that negativity on the platform.
On pages 30-38, Chapter Four: Tackling the Climate Crisis, Lowering Energy Costs, & Securing Energy Independence, drew my attention. Man-made global climate change is a hoax, perpetrated by global socialist propaganda. I can unpack and prove that statement, if anyone challenges me to do so.
Strong disagreement is found on pages 48-50, Chapter Six: Strengthening Democracy, Protecting Freedoms, & Advancing Equity: Reproductive Freedom. Except in rare circumstances, killing the unborn child in the mother's womb is murder. The unborn child is not granted the right to choose life.
Still under Chapter Six: Strengthening Democracy, Protecting Freedoms, & Advancing Equity, an entire section on pages 56-57 is titled LGBTQI+. “LGBTQI+” is found 32 times in that section. In contrast, the 2024 Republican platform does not include the acronym “LGBTQ” or any variations of it. Merriam-Webster Dictionary: LGBTQI (abbreviation): “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (one's sexual or gender identity), and intersex.” There are two genders, male and female. Only in marriage, between one man and one woman, are sexual relations allowed. In loving kindness, Christians wish to and do help those, who are engaged in unbiblical lifestyles, to understand the truth and change their lifestyles. The Republican platform aligns with these ideas. The Democrat platform does not.
Conclusion
Taking time to read the 2024 platforms of the Republican and Democrat parties and to write this article was cumbersome. I would rather have gone hiking.
Both platforms present agendas for border security, the economy, and similar topics. The border needs to be secured. Inflationary prices need to return to previously lower levels. Both parties need to become more civil in their discourse.
So, which platform, the Republican or the Democrat, is more in line with the biblical worldview? The Republican platform is, of course. This article has highlighted key areas.
Tomorrow, Lord willing, the final part three in this series will point out differences between the worldviews of Trump and Harris on key issues. Stay tuned!
If this nation and all nations could unite by following correctly the biblical worldview, then there would be unity and peace.
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