The third party we need

Would that this could come to pass! Here’s a stimulating proposal from John Slattery, a contributor to the Daily Theology blog, on the third party we need. Sign me up.  (All we need now are a few of the $50,000,000 donations that John mentions in order to make it realistic and viable.) John offers an initial proposal for the party platform he has in mind:

Central Platform: The Inherent Dignity of Every Life: Every life must be protected and valued from conception until natural death.  I interpret this as necessitating several distinct ideas:

1. The end of the death penalty and a complete reform of the prison system throughout the US.

2. The end of abortion and an enormously expanded adoption system throughout the US.

3. The drastic reduction of the US military.

4. The complete overhaul of the public education system.

John explicates each of these four points in his post. He also readily acknowledges that there are other issues related to the central platform that might be included here, and I’d agree. I tend to think, for example, that immigration and the economy are more closely related than education. But I share John’s sentiment that “this is a party and a vision for the country I could belong to and fight for with all the moral strength I can muster.”