The Secular Vernacular & Systematic Political Philosophy

Ryan Anderson, writing for the Wall Street Journal, has some free advise for Huckabee supporters and social conservatives. He doesn't pick on the issues, but rather the political strategy, the choice of words, and the appeal to Biblical justification. You can read below and then post your thoughts.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121901226896448001.html

We do need to be able to communicate and justify our positions to those that do not have faith in the Bible. We do need to have rational arguments that stand along with Biblical reasoning without making a direct appeal to the Bible. I think Ryan has a valid point, though some of his rationale is in-correct.

I would also say there is a much bigger issue at stake. Social conservatives need to broaden their thinking on policy in general (so do economic conservatives). The whole system of American Liberty has been turned up-side-down, and the compromises we've made and continue to make with the Constitution are major part of the problem.

For instance, are you willing to further erode states rights for the sake of a moral issue, such as gay marriage? The increase of federal government and out-of-control judges is a big issue. The question is whether to increase the power of federal government to fix it, or to decrease the role of federal government, return more powers to the states and use existing measures to reign in judges.

I urge social conservatives to workout a systematic understanding of government philosophy. We must broaden our argumentation beyond the Bible and a few major injustices.

Thanks to Jason West for pointing out the WSJ article and God Save the U.S.A.