Fear of religious right

I would like to respond to Julaine Appling’s recent commentary outlining her hopes and expectations for a Donald Trump presidency (“The good that Trump could do,” Crossroads, Jan. 15).

While I also have hopes for Trump, they are somewhat different from those of Appling, president of the conservative group Wisconsin Family Action.

Among Appling’s hopes are that “Trump understands married dad and mom families are the foundation of our communities, state and nation.” I hope that he supports the rights of all families, however constituted, and realizes that all people deserve to love and commit to whomever they wish.

She hopes that Trump “respects the Constitution and its limited government. Conservatives want less government, not more.” However, her group’s stances on abortion, gambling, intelligent design and school choice clearly intend to dictate how others should live.

I still don’t understand why my tax dollars should be used to fund school choice and subsidize those individuals who choose to provide their children a religious-based education.

While I think that a Trump presidency is inherently dangerous, I am more fearful of the religious right and its efforts to dictate to others not only how we should live but to have us pay for their choices as well.

Craig Barbian Sussex