“Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” These words sparked courage in Queen Esther when she fearfully wanted to “hold her peace.”
Sens. Curtis and Lee, Reps. Moore, Maloy, Owens and Kennedy, have you “come to the kingdom for such a time as this,” when the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and international law and the precepts of Christ are being mocked and discarded?
Or have you come to your offices thinking you can serve our country by not stepping out of line?
Which is better, doing the right thing and maybe losing an election or your shot at the Supreme Court, or “holding your peace” and taking the safe route?
Just possibly, might standing up for the right in 2026 be the most important thing you will ever do on this earth?
How will you feel when you come to your last days in mortality and look back at what happened to our country because of you?
Standing for the Constitution and decency right now is hard. We all get that. But maybe you have come to the “kingdom” for this very thing. Do the hard thing.
You can start by following Sen. Curtis’s principled example and demand an independent and transparent investigation into the shooting of nurse Pretti. And then search your heart: Should you really vote for more funds this week for an agency that is out of control?
Kristen Rogers-Iversen, Millcreek
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