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Can Morals Win an Election?

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    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on his Congressional aspirations and moral-based platform.

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Rob us what -- -- -- is here with us this morning he is running for congress in the great state of New Jersey welcome back front life.

It's a pleasure to be here and I love being described as a frequent guest will have to make more frequent and soon to estimate of shorting your accurate with -- us that we might force invite your opponent on that and when do you have a -- -- finally declare correct us now.

You say you're gonna make -- you'll you'll platform -- That's tax the tax structure is hunting families about take your point.

Only think however the what's really hunting families is single parent -- I think that is a sure fire passport to politics for you side.

Well let me first say that by the fourteenth of march the Republican Convention in my -- because I will decide how many are not -- let's.

I'm all about the morality of the family and I think that our Christian Brothers and sisters.

Have focused exclusively on abortion and gay marriage should the exclusion of nearly all -- -- issues that we haven't talked about 50% divorce rate.

And single motherhood and all these -- the -- that not only our path to poverty.

But -- path to loneliness their path to an unhappy life the pursuit of happiness of one of the main reasons this country was established according to Thomas Jefferson -- -- want.

Well number one I believe the tax.

That all marital counseling should be cut to -- the wait -- monetary I really do that that's it and marital counts -- people the financial incentive to get the help they need studies show that couples who actually get help.

Have an extremely high rate of its base their marriages survive but the problem is that we have become so in Newark to the effect of divorce I'm a child of divorce happened people I know our divorced.

So why are we when we continue to focus on a distraction like gay marriage which accounts.

Five to 7% of the population rather than 50% of the popular it's only have gone and a lot I don't know does -- historically seventy you'll -- a can you make marriage counseling fees tax deductible.

That's a main plank annual campaign -- absolutely right -- a lot -- -- will let me just say that I think what we need to do is focus on the real values -- issues.

Andy and the values erosion we have do we create an American Thabet why is it that we.

Look at 2008 we almost at an economic meltdown based on court that would never knew enough and homes that would have a large enough.

That would make it and I want an accounting where we have blue laws which stores are actually close on Sundays which forces parents to take their kids to apart instead of -- another shopping mall the Cineplex.

-- -- -- great applause across the country I would like to see incentives to create an American seventh the day that is really consequent to a family and children I would like to see a lot of warmth and they say all Sunday -- Christians it's -- it's it's Sunday they're the majority I I think certainly observe the seventh.

And while it's much better for the -- to be voluntary I think that the government needs to steer us in that direction a little bit I mean isn't that brought us social conservatives who say that the -- not be tempered with a life and -- of course -- smaller government and empowering individual.

The fact is that they do want certain -- And certain guidelines about what marriage should constitute why shouldn't we help heterosexual families stay together.

Now by evil you've gone is the creation of an American semblance and tax deductibility of marriage counseling.

I'm not sure -- support you can't do it my brother -- wanted to murals show like I go to my entire platform have been a ticket prices -- making -- -- gonna make that you've picked although -- well I'm I I'm talking about a values based platform I try to be a values voice and for -- the -- Jewish village voice obviously I believe in school choice because.

If I -- -- -- a six -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- like it's a six fiscal success of an hour today I've directed user environment I have a right to -- of educators I get.

I just think that you have what you have to do to capture the attention of a guy next -- -- parties explain Howell.

Upbringing these values back is somehow gonna help the economy that's -- number one concern right now what is amazing is -- of course opened of course it is amazing.

That we continue to believe that the only thing America faces is this numbers the issue -- that economic growth can lead to all the problems that we face c'mon we saw.

That this emphasis on materialism and material indulgence is what collapsing economy credit crises of the pay to borrow too much it is a values crisis.

It's fair to say -- that there's a lot of facets to this but look the strength of any nation any community is its economy.

And by the way if you want to kill anything subsidize it a tax cut is a subsidy forward.

Basically growing more marriage counselors at taxpayer cost back a that's a week platform.

I'm Rhonda I'm gonna -- I can't see creating another.

-- city for another industry at the end of the currency play -- I had -- but I believe it.

I believe Obama budget and you need to take a from a different sector in order to fund this and -- -- but the fact that we are we are absolutely going to 600 pound gorilla in this in the room.

If the American room which an American living religion that's subsidize another today in Beverly takes -- about how serious about the financial incentives not saying that couples we're gonna stop talking about abortion and gay marriage which is not.

I want to make you the most popular guy and I want people to go to you for counseling.

Not to a page counselor to their minister -- to their priests -- -- but there's a lot of people who do need that -- your -- you don't require we actually are weary governments.

It pushes people financially determines what its part Allred -- or and we -- once again prioritize marriage.

Then aside from -- to stay at a high you know we're talking with we we look at countries like Syria which continue to slaughtered their citizens United States continues to almost nothing about -- we have to -- -- mobile leadership.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- You -- know I I do not I do some counseling but I don't.

-- to host the show until see where -- around the country and an RV helping families in crisis on the child of divorce I understand.

The effects of divorce and I think that the insecurity -- which we raise kids today.

Which is what leads them to fame of the grammys and the whole culture which is only about being -- front of the camera is one of the biggest problems if you think some moral -- -- I think you think economic issues that are directly related gate you've packed it in their outline for you guys gave me you're running -- -- I try to -- as -- -- -- -- you guys gave a lot and think you all right rabbi ish what do the -- You always get it right in front of long don't -- -- of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- holds -- -- -- I'm not standing in front page.

Thank you -- it hasn't and -- here.

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