This picture was taken in Rockford, Illinois yesterday at a demonstration at a busy intersection. Our retiring Bishop, Thomas Doran, has done a good job in riling up older Catholics in our community against socialist Obama and "party of death" Democrats. When I saw the picture it triggered the thought that this election is not only an ideological conflict, but also a generational one. The mindset of the individual (taking his orders from the Bishop) is to return to the 1950s when everything was good and pure. The Santorum message plays into that desire to "get my county back" to the way that it was when white males controlled all and the Church determined our morals.
This election is a clear choice of regression back versus continuing to move forward. Do we want to stick our necks in the sand or deal with the reality of a changing country and a changing world. Do we really want people like the gentleman above deciding how we live our lives?