3 December 2020 Gary Bauer Republican values – strong families, faith, personal responsibility and freedom, among others – are not unique to specific subsets of the electorate. They are universal values, and it is Republicans’ job to remind Americans of that fact.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer Independence doesn’t – doesn’t equate to moderates. Millions of independents are pro-life. Millions of independents believe marriage is between a man and a woman.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It’s time to return to our Founders’ love for small government. More is not always better.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer There is something wrong with our culture when the view that marriage is between one man and one woman, a view shared by half the nation, is portrayed as evidence of hatred.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer If one is going to change the definition of marriage to be, quote, ‘same sex,’ then there is absolutely no valid argument constitutionally or rhetorically you can make against multiple people getting married. These are radical social changes.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation’s survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer I’m against big bureaucracy in Washington making health care decisions. I just have an aversion to bureaucrats. But it’s not just government bureaucrats. I don’t like HMO bureaucrats and insurance company bureaucrats either.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer The Founders believed liberty came directly from God. With their knowledge of Scripture, they knew each child was made in the image of God. That is why everyone had dignity, value and worth.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer The stigma that was once attached to things society deemed unhealthy served the purpose of making them undesirable. With the stigma gone, many people see little reason not to do whatever feels good at the moment.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer Catholics and evangelicals need to remain allied, and in solidarity, against the increasingly aggressive secularism of our age.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer If Republicans want to be seen as more compassionate, they should continue to stand proudly for the sanctify of life and marriage. And they should do so without apologizing.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness – broken institutions, broken families and broken souls.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer I have come to the conclusion that while a candidate’s faith matters, what’s most important is how he or she applies that faith.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer The question Americans should ask is not whether a candidate is affiliated with a particular faith but rather whether that candidate’s faith makes it more likely he or she will support policies that align with their values.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer Newt Gingrich is one of the brightest people in the Republican Party and he’s always been a little unorthodox in his approach to politics, but that’s what makes him Newt Gingrich.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer Obama often criticizes policies that place the interests of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his administration’s support of abortion rights, Obama shows his lack of empathy for society’s most powerless.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer My argument is simple, which is, that for several thousand years in Western civilization, marriage has been the union of one man and one woman. Research is overwhelming that children need mothers and fathers.
3 December 2020 Gary Bauer The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded – in part because it impedes the government’s ability to control institutions, like churches and families, which stand between the state and individuals.
