The Value of Democracy in America

In the past couple weeks the subject of democracy has arose many times in my mind.
How high does the American government value its form of government? There are two answers that I've discovered for this question, and ironically both answers are in favor of opposite sides.

1) Democracy is overvalued by the US government.


The beginnings of democracy can be credited to the Greeks of the sixth century BC. The word comes from two Greek words: demos, meaning "the people," and kratein, meaning "to rule."
Now how is it possible for someone to think that a government for the people, by the people could be too good! Thats how its suppose to be right? What is wrong with valuing a surely good form of government so high?
The whole reason I conclude that the US government values democracy too high, is because of the concept of liberty being eroded by immorality. With a government that is by the people, it is a government constantly striving to give its citizens more and more freedom. With such freedom, liberty is eroded. The moral standards set forth for individuals, by God, are belittled and choice is held in a higher position than morality. Things such as abortion and homosexuality are not only allowed, but also uplifted. They are held to be proof of triumph for a democracy, proof that choice and freedom come before God. We let our want for equality erode our need for morality

This brings me to my second answer determining how high the US government values democracy.

2) Democracy is trampled on by the US government

(notice how answer 1 and 2 are, as I noted, complete opposites.)

As we have already defined democracy, it is the rule of the people, for the people.
The Encarta dictionary defines democracy specifically as, "free and equal representation of people: the free and equal right of every person to participate in a system of government, often practiced by electing representatives of the people by the majority of the people."
You see, the US government, headed by its immoral face, and diformed by its loss of its base on natural law, has a selective process. If the case or individual needing the specific liberty that democracy grants to them, attempts to bring Christianity into politics, the case or individual is immediatly denied. However, if the individual seeks freedom to murder an unborn child, democracy reaches its hand of freedom to the specific case or individual without hesitation. Its what I call a "selective process of delivering liberty." In America it is the definition of "democracy." The government advocates that it has the power to select which instances it wants to share its positive qualities, and which instances not to. With Christianity always vulnerable to being destroyed or denied, it makes it a dangerous form of government rather than an encouraging one.

So how high does the American government value democracy?
My answer is, "It values democracy and its liberties to the point of where it must share the liberties and encompass the morality of Christianity. In the cases of Christianity, the American democracy wishes to deny any freedom that it includes, but in the case of choice and immorality, democracy stretches out its arm to give as much freedom as possible. Democracy is turning into a "selective form of government."