Back to the future: America in 2012

By Bryan Fischer

Focus on the Family Action published a sobering but frighteningly realistic "What if" letter on Wednesday, written by a Christian in the year 2012 reflecting back on four years of American history under a far-left president and a left-leaning U.S. Senate with a filibuster-proof majority. All of the following are possible at minimum and likely at worst:

• Four appointments to the Supreme Court leave the Court with a 6-3 liberal majority for decades to come
  
  
• The Court mandates that homosexual "marriage" be recognized in all 50 states as a constitutional right
  
  
• The Boy Scouts are forced to disband rather than comply with a Supreme Court order to use homosexual employees and volunteers
  
  
• Elementary schools present compulsory education in sexual orientation and gender identity; parents are not allowed to opt their children out
  
  
• Christian adoption agencies shutter their doors when they won't comply with a Court order to adopt children into homosexual households
  
  
• The Bible is classified as "hate speech" and cannot be taught over the public airwaves, shutting down Christian radio
  
  
• Churches who refuse to allow their facilities to be used for homosexual weddings are stripped of their tax-exempt status
  
  
• Churches that refuse to hire homosexual staff members are stripped of their tax-exempt status and subjected to heavy fines
  
  
• Homosexuals are allowed to serve openly in the military, given bonuses to remedy past discrimination, and chaplains who believe in the Bible's teaching on homosexual behavior are dismissed
  
  
• The Supreme Court rules that public schools can never be used for religious activities, even during off-hours, prohibiting "See You at the Pole" events and the rental of school auditoriums by churches
  
  
• Christian groups such as Campus Crusade are prohibited from using the campus facilities of any public college or university because they promote "hate speech" and discrimination
  
  
• The Supreme Court strips "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance
  
  
• The new president signs the "Freedom of Choice Act," which overturns every pro-life law in all 50 states
  
  
• Nurses and doctors are no longer allowed to refuse to participate in abortions on conscience grounds
  
  
• All restrictions on pornography, even on television at all hours of the day, are struck down by the Court as a violation of the First Amendment
  
  
• The Court reverses its 2008 ruling upholding the Second Amendment, allowing increasing numbers of states to ban private ownership of guns for self defense
  
  
• Homeschooling is restricted to parents who are licensed by the state and use only state-approved textbooks; parents who violate this ruling are charged with truancy and in some cases have their children taken from them
  
  
• The new president prohibits tapping of alleged foreign terrorist phone calls, resulting in bombings in four American cities and widespread fear
  
  
• Iran destroys much of Tel Aviv with a nuclear bomb; America's president promises only to cooperate with a U.N. peacekeeping force, which is never formed due to opposition from Muslim nations
  
  
• Universal health care is implemented, leading to long waiting times and denial of diagnostic procedures such as MRIs since they just reveal more health problems that must be treated for "free"
  
  
• Taxes and the federal budget go up by alarming percentages, and secret union balloting is prohibited, allowing for intimidation and the takeover of many industries by unions
  
  
• Offshore drilling is prohibited, and environmental restrictions prevent nuclear or coal energy from being developed; America has less energy in 2012 than in 2008
  
  
• The Fairness Doctrine is implemented once again, driving Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and James Dobson off the air as conservative talk radio is shut down; the Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Fairness Doctrine when it is challenged in court
  
  
• Several large Christian publishers go out of business as Barnes & Noble, Borders and Amazon refuse to sell any of their books since they have published some books critical of homosexual behavior
  
  
• All 93 U.S. attorneys are fired, and are replaced by lawyers affiliated with the ACLU; the Department of Justice initiates criminal and civil prosecution of any members of the Bush administration who had anything to do with the Iraq war, leaving dozens of them in prison or bankrupt
  
  

Christians who allowed themselves — out of weakness, folly or ignorance — into voting for those who did this to their nation are left hoping wanly for the best and clinging to Bible verses which promise them that all things will work out in the end and regretting their missed opportunity to choose wisely at the ballot box.

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© Bryan Fischer