Other
week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had a message for conservative Republicans
— you don’t belong in New York. Cuomo
said members of the GOP with “extreme” views are creating an identity crisis
for their party and represent a bigger worry than Democrats such as himself. “Their problem isn’t me and the Democrats;
their problem is themselves,” the governor said on Albany’s The Capitol Pressroom radio show. “Who are they? Right to life, pro-assault weapons, anti-gay —
if that’s who they are, they have no place in the state of New York because
that’s not who New Yorkers are.” He
added that moderate Republicans, such as those in the state Senate, “have a
place in their state.”
Cuomo
hammered Republican activists whose views he said were out of step with the
majority of New Yorkers and said the party has to back moderates to have any
hope of winning seats in this fall’s elections. “You have a schism within the Republican
Party,” Cuomo observed. “They’re searching
to define their soul. That’s what’s
going on … It’s a mirror of what’s going on in Washington.”
When liberals speak off the cuff,
those moments of candor often tell us everything we need to know about them. Gov. Cuomo just told a couple of million New
Yorkers that they are unwelcome in HIS state. Can you imagine Cuomo saying anything remotely
similar to the large number of Muslim immigrants coming to New York? Where is the governor's courage when it comes
to Islamists who want women hidden under burkas?
Sadly, it is now widely accepted for
the left to bash conservatives and Christians while attacking religious
liberty. Cuomo's comments are another
reminder of just how intolerant the left has become.
Christians should not be
surprised. Jesus said to His followers, “Blessed
are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when
people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you
because of me.
Rejoice
and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they
persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Matthew 5:10-12, NIV)
Are
you rejoicing?
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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