Choose Wisely

[This column is in response to a story which ran recently (Jan.29, 2011) in the Tuckaseegee Reader (www.tuckreader.com), “Asheville political, religious leaders rally for sexual equality”]

Oh what a perfect world it would be if only we were all the same and we were all ‘equal.’ I don't think so. Neither should you.
Totally homogeneous societies tend to become closed. Such closed societies tend to become closed systems. Closed systems tend to self-destruct—usually violently.
The opposite of such closed systems are systems that or so 'open' that they fly apart, also usually violently--such as the way our society seems to be self-destructing from within.
The middle road; a society that encourages some homogenization through a 'melting pot' (such as the way that we used to be before ‘social correctness’), establishes lofty national ideals, and also encourages personal freedom and responsibility, more efficient and smaller, constitutional-based government, and a respect for, and following of the socio-political agreements that our society is founded upon (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and the Bill of Rights) is much more stable and just, and survives for a much longer period of history.
Yet each generation gets to choose whether it prefers freedom and the rule of law, a moderate amount of homogenization and reasonable social norms; or, safety and 'celebrating our diversity', no social norms, and eventually totalitarianism.
Do you really believe that socially, politically, economically, and historically that there is such a thing as a “free lunch?” Choose wisely, now.