1. To Establish Justice:
   1. Restore “Constitutional law” as the basis for the Judiciary.
   2. Reassert the principle that “Freedom of Religion” does not mean “freedom from religion”.
   3. To Insure Domestic tranquility:
      1. Promote family values.

                                          i.   Marriage is an institution between a man and a woman.

                                        ii.   Parents, not government, are responsible for making decisions in the best interest of their children, whether disciplinary, educational, or medical.

                                       iii.   We recognize the sanctity of life, which includes the unborn.

Judges should follow the law not rewrite it.  There is way too much rewriting.  It was not tea partiers or Ron Paul that took away the right to pray at football games or graduations or try to remove “Under God” from the Pledge.  Thank God that the Texas Board of Education is moving in the right direction in restoring some discussion of the influence of religion on the origins of the American Republic.

Even President Obama publicly agrees that marriage is for one man and one woman.  Redefining marriage is a good way to bring about family and moral chaos.  There was one prior time some tried to redefine marriage; the people said no to polygamy on MORAL grounds.  About that time (1893) the Supreme Court stated in the Holy Trinity Church v. United States that we are a “Christian nation”.  That does not mean we do not have religious liberty.  That is one of our blessings to the world.  However, few have read the Holy Trinity Church case.  The Court added a gloss to the immigration statute in effect at that time that the church (a Episcopal church who sought a rector from Great Britain) technically violated.  The Court held the law has a gloss that permitted this act because it was in keeping with the spirit of the law.  The Court cited many examples of the religious character of the US in its law and history.  I recommend it for people’s reading.   

Those who are opposed to MORALITY in law should ask themselves this:  What if we were not a moral nation?  Would we have responded to the moral, Biblical appeal of Dr. King and his followers?  Praise God we were still a moral nation.  People prayed in schools and even read the Bible there.  Guess what:  Few if any metal detectors were needed in the public schools.   Dr. King helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.  (emphasis added)  Wonder why he called it that…

Parents should be the primary source of guidance to children, UN bureaucrats and government know-it-alls notwithstanding.  Nothing radical here.

I recognize that people disagree on abortion.  I am conflicted as well.  Either we protect unborn life or we subject pregnant women to government scrutiny much like parents are scrutinized by social services.  I see both sides.  But, this is well within the mainstream of conservative thought.

Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a law Tuesday expanding Louisiana’s “conscience protection” for health-care workers beyond abortion, adding several services to the list that employees can refuse with assurances of job protection and legal immunity.

With the backing of social conservatives and religious activists, the administration said the measure is necessary to uphold the individual rights of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other workers whose personal beliefs might clash with their professional responsibilities.

This is a huge success for the pro-life movement and clearly establishes the Governor’s pro-life bona-fides.  Also, it prevents the tyranny of forcing health care providers to violate their consciences or religious beliefs.  It is actually a libertarian measure that Ron Paul Republicans can support.  Evangelicals can also cheer this on. 

It is also a shot across the bow in the health care debate as it is reportedthat Obamacare will gut this provision as “discriminatory”. 

This bill (HB 517) was chiefly sponsored by Democrat House member H. Bernard LeBas of Ville Platte.

I believe that Governor Jindal can be many of those things that evangelicals admire about Huckabee. He has a personal testimony of salvation. Esquire Magazine reports that Jindal was saved as a teen due to the witness of a high school date. He hid his conversion to Christianity from his parents, according to Mike Sager, by studying the Bible in his closet. Jindal is a Roman Catholic who speaks of his faith in terms acceptable to most believers. This quote is telling in an interview with Cal Thomas in World on January 13, 2009:

“I read Rick Warren’s book The Purpose Driven® Life right after I lost my first election in 2003, and one of the main lessons I got out of that was keeping the eternal perspective. If we truly believe what we read in the Bible and hear in our churches there are a lot of things we worry about in life that aren’t that important from an eternal perspective.”

…”Second, viewing the sanctity of life, I believe the reason people are valuable is that they are created in the image of God and there’s a dignity there. And that leads me to believe people should have access to health care, not because of policy reasons, but because they’re valuable because we are created by God in His image.”

Jindal also brings other strengths to the political table that should make him attractive to Christians. He favors fairness in science teaching to allow non-religious teaching of intelligent design in schools. Jindal also is pro-life and against federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. He also has standard conservative positions on issues near and dear to believers.

Furthermore, Jindal’s immigrant roots and tremendous accomplishments should encourage others to achieve their dreams. Whether Gov. Jindal ever serves in the White House or not, he will put a new face on conservative politics. Evangelicals should support him in his efforts to reform Louisiana and pray for Governor Jindal regularly.