I read this morning on Baptist press, the news agency of the Southern Baptist Convention, that Richard Land and Ted Kennedy had joined forces.  I never thought I would see the day!
   Richard Land is the head of the SBC's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission -- our spokesperson in DC.  He came out on support of and witnessed to a Senate Committee on the merits of Kennedy's "Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act."  It seems that this gives the federal government, in particular the FDA, further control of tobacco and how people use it.  Personally, I do not like it anytime when the federal government has further control over anything!  Every time a law is passed, a little more of our freedom erodes.
  Should people smoke?  I would argue no, they shouldn't.  Should Big Brother make that decision for them?  No.  All of these bans, on trans-fat, on smoking, on SUVs, on obesity, on . . .  (you name it), is further government encroachment on our lives.  Government, and those in power over others' lives, don't know when to stop.
  I imagine Brother Land lauds himself a "conservative."  Hello?