Can leaders who legislate lead without legislating?
I'm thinking on pornography tonight, and how it should be considered one of our nation's gravest problems. But, I don't know that more legislation is what we need. We could use this, though: the nation's leaders speaking out against it.
What would happen if one of our congress members took time off from duties in Washington to make a speaking tour to high schools and colleges, warning youth against pornography, drugs, and sex outside of marriage?
Not looking for votes, but just using his or her stature as a leader to lead in some of the most significant issues facing America. Does the morality of a nation matter? It matters deeply, and the impact is equal to or greater than whether we get a new health care program, or new regulations on banking.
Leaders lead. And, they lead on the issues that matter most. What would be wrong, then, with some of them pitching in to pitch for morality?
What of our president? What if he were to call a press conference just to announce how concerned he is about something such as pornography? What if he spelled out the dangers of pornography, and encouraged the country to avoid it?
I think it would be a wonderful idea.
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