Living for Truth

I was given the honour of delegating to the Republican Party of Texas Convention this year. This position fell onto my shoulders. I did not seek it; I was called to serve. I answered the call.

In early 2023, I had reached out to the Blexit organization. They had a call to action on their website, and I answered the call. I did not receive word from them for months. I had forgotten the entire ordeal and figured they already had selected enough individuals to become strong.

In late 2023, I moved out of the Capital area and into Ellis County for my family. In February of 2024, I was contacted by Blexit and set for interview. This was several months after I had initially made contact; things do not happen on my time nor my will but only through grace. I spoke with some leaders thereof and was blessed by their confidence in my ability to serve their organization.

When I asked them what I should do to get started, they told me to reach out to the local GOP and see what was needed for them. I obliged.

I showed up to the Ellis County GOP office the following week. When I arrived, the office was locked. I waited. Another gentleman walked up and waited as well; he soon left. I remained for 15 minutes. No one came not open the door. I asked for guidance in the hallway and the Almighty messaged me to set for five minutes more. I obliged.

Five minutes passed and still no one came. As it is my duty to follow and not to question, I began to walk away. As I took my first steps back to my vehicle, I heard a car door slam shut and was called to wait. I obliged. A man then entered the building and opened the door. We sat and had a long and fruitful conversation about Constitutional Conservativism; I was put at peace.

I was told to go to something called a “Precinct Convention”. I had to ask what a Precinct was, why there were conventions for such things, and a boatload of other questions regarding local politics. I received a great lesson that day and went on my way after entering the Precinct Convention onto my calendar.

Once again, answering the call, I arrived to the Precinct Convention. I was a new face to everyone in attendance, but I was welcomed with open arms from the very beginning. It came time to choose people to serve their precincts. My precinct, 1022, needed a secretary, and no one more experienced than I would answer the call; I answered the call. I felt comfortable being a secretary even of a group I did not know because of my history in the Courts.

Then I was asked to be a “Delegate to the Senate District Convention.” Once more I was called to serve, and once more, I answered the call without question. I did not know what a Senate District was. Those others in attendance were happy to explain to me the duties. I was also handed a form to apply to be a Delegate to the State Convention. Luckily, I was familiar with what a State was so this was simple. I entered the Senate District Convention onto my calendar and went on my way.

As it is my duty to follow and not to question, I went to the Senate District Convention. Before the Convention was to begin, I was called to be interviewed by a committee; I answered the call. I spoke to my past, my involvement with the community, and why I went from Independent to Republican. Apparently, I made a decent enough impression as I was chosen to go on to State Convention.

The Almighty spirit resident within my heart led me through patience and understanding to the RPT Convention. The reason, I came to find was truth. At the RPT Convention, I was surrounded by like-minded, Conservative, Family-Oriented, Patriots like myself. There is no better environment that I have experienced for parents and children than the RPT Convention, No better environment.

Everyone there believed their most important duty was to serve the Almighty and move us forward with grace in search of a more perfect union. Everyone was proud to parent children who knew what a boy and a girl were. Everyone was proud to secure our border, our families, our land, and our treasure. Everyone was proud to stand on business rather than standing on handouts.

Sometimes, we are called to enter into places we know nothing of. We are asked to walk through doorways past which we cannot see and for reasons we cannot yet understand. We are asked to trespass against the unknown armed only with faith. In such situations, it is our duty to act and succeed forsaking our fear and leaping into action.

I learned the truth this convention: that there was more wonder and fulfillment behind the elephant than there was behind the donkey. The promises of each are incomparable. I learned this by living for Truth, guided by spirit and not by my selfishness. I stand with those who live their lives on the pillars of faith. I stand with those who live for and with their families. I stand with those who honour the American and Texas flags. I stand with our strongest elected officials: President Donald J. Trump, Senator Ted Cruz, Representative Brian Harrison, and State Senator Bob Hall. Let’s Make America Great Again.

Family is a Great Option

I do not follow football (American nor otherwise). The first time I heard the name Harrison Butker was due to his speech before a Catholic student body. He stated in summary that women could be excited about careers, and they were likely to be excited about family life. The internet went crazy calling him all manner of nonsense that I shall refrain from repeating on this forum.

The essence of the controversy is that he offered an option to women of family life. Why is this option thought to be oppressive or troublesome? Kim Chernin wrote that she wished women to have an option other than homemaking, not that she wished women were prevented from homemaking. This is how silly the Left has become: in their stated purpose they profess a commitment to choice, acceptance, and diversity. In reality, the Left wishes for strict adherence to their perceived cultural norms. They don’t want choice: they want women who ONLY work outside the home. They don’t want acceptance: they want to rid the world of religious freedom. They don’t want diversity: they want people to think and behave as they do.

The position of the Left is, of course, indefensible which is why their outrage over these statements is in a full-swing backfire. First and foremost, as stated above, women have a choice to be homemakers, and they Left cannot take that choice away.

Further, we are speaking about a Catholic man, who lives his faith each and every day. That Catholic man went on to find a Catholic woman who lives her faith each and every day. They then, together, went on to have Catholic children who live their faith each and every day. This man then went to a private Catholic University to speak about what it says in the Catholic manual (the Bible). If you do not want to hear Catholic things, maybe you should stop listening to Catholic discussions.

This is a clear attack on the 1st Amendment. The Left is constantly attacking the 1st Amendment. They would love nothing more than to rid the nation of the 1st, 2nd, 9th, and 10th Amendments (the other liberties would surely be taken by force thereafter). This is the play. Free speech is only afforded to those whom the Left finds “deserving”. The only religions allowed are race, climate, gender, and communism.

I am most excited about my family life. My career is a means to an end, my career is not the end. Why is it so horrible to wish this same level of happiness and fulfillment for women? Family is a Great Option.

Family Court

Family Courts are an indication of a decaying society. The entire notion thereof is ludicrous. A family should never bring Government into its home. Ever.

If one parent commits a criminal act against another parent, the police, prosecutors, and criminal courts can handle the matter outside the home. Assault, parental alienation, neglect, abuse, and all manner of criminal matters can be handled without bringing the Government into the home, into the family, and into child-rearing.

Family is the greatest threat to Government. Government is the greatest threat to Family. Strong families, who stick together and can support one another lack a dependency upon the Government that families with weak ties rely upon. Strong families band together into larger communities who rely upon each other further minimizing the need for Government. If a child is situated without his birth-given caretakers, the community - if sufficiently strong and well-connected - can step in to fill that gap.

The fact that we, as a society, have so often turned to Government to manage our familial ties that a category of courts unto itself has arisen in the family’s stead is remarkable. Where are the brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins? Where are the lifelong friends? Where are the fellow parishioners? What kinds of communities are we building if any at all?

This state of affairs harkens back to our first Supreme Court upon which Mr. Justice Iredell sat. He stated in the case of Fries:

"All systems of government suppose they are to be administered by men of common sense and common honesty. In our country, as all ultimately depends on the voice of the people, they have it in their power, and it is to be presumed they generally will choose men of this description; but if they will not, the case, to be sure, is without remedy. If they choose fools, they will have foolish laws. If they choose knaves, they will have knavish ones. But this can never be the case until they are generally fools or knaves themselves, which, thank God, is not likely ever to become the character of the American people."

Has this passage come to falsehood? I understand only a knavish and foolish society could abide Government child-rearing; yet, we have Government child-rearing. We, the Parents, should be raising children. If the Parents are unaccounted for, then the duty falls to We, the Families. If the Families are unaccounted for, then the duty falls to We, the Communities. If the Communities are unaccounted for, then surely we are lost, and the case is without remedy.

If Family Courts are necessary, then our children are living in solitude among the indifferent.