Christian News and Commentary

For over a decade, the United States of America was a dry nation. The Volstead Act was a nationwide constitutional ban on alcohol in all its forms, and while statistically, the consumption of alcohol did drop, it may be argued that wholistically the prohibition did more harm than good. Most certainly, the consumption of alcohol did not cease; it continued in ways that perpetuated crime, poverty, and pain. Prohibition is an example of pietistic intentions run amok. The ambitious Texas abortion law known as the Texas Heartbeat Act, has me, like many Americans, reexamining the divisive issue of legalized