Democrats Push for Christian Values-based Government; Republicans Push for the Freedom to Sin

I've had a thought rattling around for a couple days after a few conversations at the metaphorical french sidewalk cafe... I will post the thought and elucidate later...

It seems of late that those politicians on the democrat side of the isle are simply pushing for Christian principles to be enacted by our government.
Although it is selective, our President and his aides have repeatedly stated that we should put into action the teachings of Jesus Christ though government regulation/policy. The case for care of widows and orphans, programs for the poor, and other proposals are justified recently through invoking their Christian faith and beliefs, quoting the Gospels and appealing to our very common culture in America (of the Judeo-Christian root).
Even "nannyism" is just good sober parenting, and those who would be greedy are asked, "How much money do you really need?"

On the other hand, the republican politicians are fighting tooth and nail for the right, apparently, to sin. They say, "You do not have the right to keep me from being greedy!" And if i do not want my money to be used to help the poor, the orphaned, the widow--who are YOU to MAKE me do it?! In the name of being "good"--based on your Christian principles?    If i want to eat too much fat, drink too much cola, well, is that not a constitutional right? The country was formed to allow me this uncharitable attitude and behavior."
 ...And although the Founding Fathers may have been (largely) practicing Christians, that has nothing to do with the structure of a government designed to allow the greatest amount of freedom possible. (So congress can make no law respecting an establishment of religion...)

so, when i step back to look at all the anger and the recent incivility, one conflict seems to be the exact opposite from the conventional wisdom!
Ironic.
Civil liberties issues.

yeah yeah, i know,

i cant help it.

i have to ponder what issues this pattern holds true but in reverse...

A (Blind) Chinese Man Asks for Help (and Rest)

The Russians did it. The ballet dancers did it. I hear there are people in cuba who floated old cars on inflated tires to make it to safety.  It was the coolest thing EVER in the movies. Escape from Communist torture! Make it to the Embassy...the American Embassy!!

Why are we letting a Blind guy who escapes, swims a river, makes it to THE EMBASSY
hang out to dry??? (He is labled a dissident in China becasue he is against the forced abortions of One-Child Policy in china)

from m. alexander:
..."AS REVEALED BY THE WORK OF CHEN GUANGCHENG, CHINA’S ONE-CHILD POLICY IS A HORROR SHOW “His 2005 investigation reported 130,000 forced abortions and sterilizations that year in the city of Linyi alone. Building a case to sue local officials, Chen interviewed women about their harrowing experiences; summaries of 14 of his interviews are posted on the website of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers.
“Zhongxia Fang’s story began with a third pregnancy after giving birth to two daughters, despite an IUD implanted by Family Planning officials. While she sought to evade authorities, they systematically harassed 22 of her relatives – including her pregnant sister, a relative over 70 and several children – with fines, detainment and beatings.
“When the authorities threatened to beat her aunt to death, Zhongxia turned herself in. She was seven months’ pregnant. Officials injected her with an oxytocic drug and her baby was aborted the next day. Then they performed a ligation to sterilize Zhongxia. Only then was her aunt freed.
“Ping Liu testified before Congress last September about undergoing five forced abortions. The factory at which she worked, staffed mainly by women of childbearing age, strictly imposed the One-Child Policy and used collective punishment to enforce it. Fellow workers reported two of her pregnancies.
“To prove they weren’t pregnant, the factory’s female employees had to go to the ‘birth planning doctor’ once a month. Only then would they get paid for their work.” [Jennifer A. Marshall, McClatchy News Service, May 14]


...  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-03/blind-dissident-pleas-for-help-from-obama/3987080

more here:
/watch-u-s-government-fails-to-protect-pro-life-chinese-dissident/
and here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18031744

http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFBRE84A06C20120511