VOTING: Why variety is ideal

This letter is in response the previous letter by Chad Solsvik. I get terribly unnerved when someone posts generalizations such as this. He accuses most Republicans of not voting according to their Christian vow. At some point we all need to understand the differences between what is a broken vow and merely a difference of opinion.

Blessedly we are allowed to disagree, and our government was set up to provide the proper “checks and balances” to opposing views. What is important to remember is that a Christian voter can look like a Republican (limited government), Libertarian (very, very limited government) or Progressive (the government does it all and sends us the bill). The question is who is right? And the answer is that our government provides for us all to have a period of time that we try our conviction and then another has the opportunity to try their hand at governing. Any great business person will tell you that you cannot thrive with only people who believe the same tenets.

Our brains all work in different ways: Some are creative, some are legal, some are personable/merciful, etc. If we only have one type of governance, we are doomed. That’s why our most sacred national documents state “indivisible” and “one nation.”

As we approach these elections, I pray we are discerning and merciful.

KAREN JONES

Coeur d’Alene