Solutions never a compromise

On Easter Sunday, while I was trolling around the interweb looking for inspiration for a column, I was struck by the events that were designed to take away from the incredible events that Christians observe.

Many of you are aware that our sitting president declared that March 31 will be a Transgender Day of Visibility, when a group of people who have laughingly been described as “downtrodden” and “marginalized” are revered just for being.

I came across a video that depicted a group of ecology enthusiasts interrupted an Easter service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York with their protest, including banners that blocked out the altar. (They subsequently were frog-marched out of the church, and good riddance, I say).

While doing a bit more research, I came across a video of people rallying for Palestine during a Christmas celebration.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that these are largely Christian observances, because for the eternally agitated, it’s low-hanging fruit to target a group of people whose Lord and Savior preaches love — “Thou shalt love your neighbor as yourself.”

So, yeah, we won’t come out swinging — which is a good thing — but it underscores several problems with the nature of religion and the state of political discourse.

Because of its predilection toward peace, Christians step away from violence and antagonism to solve disputes, so naturally it becomes the focus of not only protest and derision, but ultimately, the tenets of Christianity tend toward unity and brotherhood, which is antithetical to how this current brand of democracy works.

That means that the current powers that be can only remain so if it sows and maintains division.

While it’s lamented that every other religion and subgroup of humanity needs more visibility, it would be more correct to say that there needs to be more credibility.

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For instance, a lot of folks across social media believe that Christians “demanded” two days to observe “their guy” while transgender people are reduced to skulking in the shadows and hiding from roving gangs of non-believing unigender people, which is of course not the case, but never let a good hyperbole be taken down by pesky facts.

The other thing that is most perplexing is that there cannot be any sort of equilibrium in discourse — or what is celebrated. Instead, all disagreements or perception of inequity can only be solved by, well, taking turns, or righting wrongs by committing wrongs.

In order to raise up a particular ethnic group, another group — namely whites — must be taken down. In order to create acceptance for the current “cause celebre,” it’s opposite — whites and Christianity — must be cast in the role of the villain.

This is done in the name of equality. (Like Inigo Montoya said, “You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.”)

Our supposedly devout Catholic president Joe Biden had an opportunity to appease both sides of the March 31 Easter-Transgender divide but chose to elevate one in favor of the other.

I would rather put full faith and trust in someone that defied death and promises salvation and eternal life than in someone who destroys themselves in order to “realize” their “true identity,” while demanding my acceptance.

Tony Farkas is publisher of the San Jacinto News-Times and the Trinity County News-Standard. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The views expressed here are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of this publication.