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he, and so on.

This process is seen clearly today as President Obama (and others before him) attempts to assign people to office. It doesn't seem to bother him if they have character flaws, such as tax evasion, lying, or socialist leanings, and those it does bother are considered troublemakers at best and traitors at worst.

Morals exist for a reason. If a society is to function, it must agree on a certain code of conduct which all must follow. Will the day come when murderers walk away with no consequences? Immorality, or social deviance, leads to a world in which people care about themselves only and attempt to serve self rather than society. In the end, an immoral society will implode from within if it is not destroyed from without.

So what can we do about it? First, we can look to improving our own moral character. Second, we can hold our politicians accountable for their actions by how we cast our vote and by making our voice heard on capital hill through phone calls, petitions, e-mails, letters or protests. When we as a society remain silent in the face of immoral or amoral politicians, we become complicit in their lack of morals. We must not give away our voice, for if we do, our every freedom will follow, and soon our lives will be in the hands of self-seeking politicians and our country, as we have known it, will no longer exist.

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