the rix mix

Like you, I am very concerned that many of our schools and universities have lost their way, having become bastions of moral relativism and moral compromise with the culture of death. Too many university presidents, administrators, professors and deans, including those at faith-based institutions of higher learning, often care more about their football team scores and their basketball team records or being progressive, than advancing the culture of life. It’s appalling, it’s a cause for sorrow and it has to change. Our schools need to become oases of goodness, sound moral teaching and, they must become agents of change in the culture. Our students must find the God of the Bible and Biblical values in the classroom, on the campus.

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)

Yes, Jerseyans, that's our Chris Smith. Is be suggesting that we turn public schools & colleges into sectarian schools & colleges? Or is this devoutly conservative Catholic saying that Notre Dame is too nuts about football & Georgetown excessively gaga over basketball? A little late for that. Anyway, we have Catholic colleges in Jersey with awful basketball programs. What is meaning of progressive in this context? Is Rutgers promoting a culture of death? May feel like one by December, at least at a part of the school in Piscataway. Princeton? Don't they still wear straw boater hats there? Chris graduated from Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey) in 1975, so maybe he feels deprived of a collegiate experience at a faith-based institution.

Does Chris Smith speechify like this when he's campaigning in his home district? Or does he mainly remind everyone of his constituent services? It's difficult to sell moral relativism as a serious issue here, unless it's about politicians hiring immoral relatives for no-show jobs. If Smith wants a debate over moral compromise, I hope his opponent, Josh Zeitz, accepts the challenge. Then they can discuss what is really "appalling," a "cause for sorrow" & "has to change." It's the "Biblical values" Chris Smith has supported in the White House for 8 years.

Labels: New Jersey politics