Leading to disaster?

Recently, news programs, corporations, and advertising executives are focusing on celebrating various ethnicities. I’ve not seen many features on the rapidly aging members of the Greatest Generation. A focus on military families is mostly nonexistent, even though some military families qualify for “food stamps.”

And now the new focus is on Pride. Pride appears to be a catchall term. I understand it is used for those who choose to openly share their confusing sexual and gender situations. Pride issues have caused divisions in families, religious institutions, and our nation. This group has a high rate of suicide. Youth may be drawn to such lifestyles by thinking it is delightful to be very different. They may decide to engage in Pride lifestyles as an act of rebellion. The focus in the media shines a spotlight on a cluster of lifestyles that have left many a family in sorrow.

Families adopting children from various ethnicities are not receiving much attention. Those who have served communities and our nation with valor generally receive only a brief thank you. Persons with disabilities, enriching the lives of others, receive little attention.

Major world religions have the concept of accountability for every person. How many of us want to answer “yes” to willfully leading others toward disaster? As I recall, scripture says it is better for a millstone to be tied around one’s neck and be tossed into the sea, rather than to lead someone astray.

KAY HICKS

Little Rock