{"id":6206,"date":"2020-12-02T09:24:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T14:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/"},"modified":"2020-12-02T09:26:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T14:26:50","slug":"historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhistoric-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=6206&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Opinion<\/p>\n<p><em>The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-8 media-object\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-main-image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.townhall.com\/townhall\/reu\/ha\/2020\/155\/1f799981-e10e-49bf-8334-2c292ddbd41a.jpg\" alt=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"main-image-source muted\"><small><em>Source: AP Photo\/Susan Walsh<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is no word more overused in political life than &#8220;historic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But considering the runoff races for the two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia, &#8220;historic&#8221; is the right word.<\/p>\n<p>There is little of what we once thought of as middle ground remaining in the nation. Today, we&#8217;ve got the left, the right and not much in the center.<\/p>\n<p>With the far left now controlling the White House and the House of Representatives, only a Republican-controlled Senate stands in the way of what these two far-left centers of power want to do and will be able to do.<\/p>\n<p>If Republicans do not win at least one of the two Georgia Senate races &#8212; leaving them a 51-seat Senate majority &#8212; stand by for the most sweeping left-wing rewrite of our national script ever.<\/p>\n<p>Think about the Equality Act, which President-elect Joe Biden has set as a legislative priority for his first 100 days.<\/p>\n<p>The Equality Act pretends to protect rights of LGBTQ individuals. But, like all left-wing rhetoric about protecting rights, it is really about using political power to force a given agenda on all of us, in violation of the rights of those with competing values.<\/p>\n<p>The law would open the door to eradicating any biological basis to defining gender and leave it to individuals to decide for themselves what sex they happen to be &#8212; at any given moment.<\/p>\n<p>These self-defined she-men, he-women and all combinations thereof would become a legally protected class, meaning it would be against the law for any facilities in public spaces to give credence to men and women as unique, distinct, biologically determined entities.<\/p>\n<p>I am speaking about mandated same-sex bathrooms and locker rooms in all public spaces, including public schools.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has committed to appointing LGBTQ individuals to an array of federal government positions.<\/p>\n<p>This has nothing to do with protecting rights. This is about using political power to advance LGBTQ.<\/p>\n<p>Can anyone imagine the fallout if any president were to announce a priority of appointing evangelical Christian Americans to an array of federal positions?<\/p>\n<p>For sure, I will receive threats and hate mail from those who allegedly care about freedom, because they think freedom means advancing their values at the expense of mine.<\/p>\n<p>Sex and gender are far from the only areas where the Biden left is totally detached from what was once known as reality.<\/p>\n<p>As the nation swims in red ink &#8212; with a mind-boggling $3 trillion deficit for the 2020 fiscal year and national debt equal to the size of our entire economy &#8212; Biden&#8217;s economic team thinks government should be spending much more and be financed by trillions more debt bequeathed to our children and grandchildren. As capsulized by the Wall Street Journal, Biden&#8217;s &#8220;advisers are also known for advocating expanded government spending they say would boost the economy&#8217;s long-term potential, in areas that are liberal priorities such as education, infrastructure and the green economy, and policy changes aimed at narrowing racial disparities in the economy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpw-inline-col mpw-inline-col__row\">\n<div class=\"mpw-inline-col__rail\"><a title=\"O\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2020\/12\/02\/okeefe-will-be-releasing-cnn-tapes-every-day-n2580918?utm_campaign=inarticle\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/media.townhall.com\/townhall\/reu\/s124x68\/2017\/331\/b3bc43a7-d076-4070-ba7e-b56f8eebdf51.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"mpw-inline-col__content\">\n<p>Recommended<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"O\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2020\/12\/02\/okeefe-will-be-releasing-cnn-tapes-every-day-n2580918?utm_campaign=inarticle\">O&#8217;Keefe Tells Hannity CNN Tapes Reveal Network Is &#8216;Propaganda&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leah Barkoukis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Because ideology, not facts, is what interests liberals. They ignore the historically low black unemployment rates and a historically low gap in black unemployment against the national average, all of which resulted from President Donald Trump&#8217;s tax cuts and deregulation.<\/p>\n<p>There is a long record showing that it&#8217;s freedom and limited government that maximize economic growth and opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Sympathy is high in black communities to empower parents to choose the school where their children learn. The left-wing crowd now in power is hostile toward this idea, including the economist who will take over as head of the president&#8217;s Council of Economic Advisers.<\/p>\n<p>For sure, Democrats will spend tens of millions in Georgia, much of it targeted at Georgia&#8217;s sizable black population to get large turnout for the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>But blacks, or any other Georgians, who think their personal future or the future of the country lies with moral and fiscal bankruptcy should think again.<\/p>\n<p><em>Star Parker is president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education. Readers can respond to Star&#8217;s column by emailing star-parker@urbancure.org.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"row article-wc col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"article-actions-footer sc\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-facebook-lg btn-block sc-fb\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/starparker\/2020\/12\/02\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests-n2580891\">\u00a0 Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-parler-lg btn-block sc-pl c1\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/starparker\/2020\/12\/02\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests-n2580891\">Share on Parler<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row col-xs-12\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled list-inline article-topics clearfix\">\n<li>Tags:<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"btn btn-default btn-topic\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tags\/elections\">Elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"btn btn-default btn-topic\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tags\/georgia\">Georgia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"btn btn-default btn-topic\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tags\/senate\">Senate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"btn btn-default btn-topic\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tags\/georgia-runoff\">Georgia runoff<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 story\">\n<div class=\"story__text\">\n<p>How Trump Plans to Get His Way With Section 230<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leah Barkoukis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 story\">\n<div class=\"story__text\">\n<p>After Listening to CNN For Months, O&#8217;Keefe Explains What the Network Really Is<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leah Barkoukis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 story\">\n<div class=\"story__text\">\n<p>The Durham Probe Is Now a Special Counsel Investigation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Katie Pavlich<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 story\">\n<p><a class=\"thm-inc\" title=\"Sen. 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