Megan Basham
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Are immigration policies that secure our borders, are these opposed to biblical Christianity?
I would say no.
Those are debatable issues.
Is it wrong to kill children?
Yes.
That is not a debatable issue.
So it's this sort of little trick of saying, well, but what about this?
It's saying that racism, yes, we all agree that racism is wrong.
We all agree that we don't want racism enshrined in our public policy.
Do I believe that we've done that?
That's the issue.
And so it's sort of skipping over that part of it, you know, begging the question, assuming that racism is enshrined and then saying, well, why don't you condemn it?
And I'm like, well, I haven't already agreed that it is enshrined in our policy and that our system is rife with racism.
So I have to agree on that before we can agree that I don't think it's important and I don't think it's important to vote for policies that address it because I already don't see it the way you see it.
Whereas with abortion, I don't see that level of complexity.
And it's sort of the same thing with gun control.
And you'll see them roll gun control into this pro-life argument saying, well, but you care about the lives of children.
What about gun control?
And I go, look, I believe Christians of good conscience can have different viewpoints on red flag laws, on all sorts of background check questions and that sort of thing.
But we are not talking about bills designed to say it is okay to go into a school