The Judicial Dog Bites Because He Has Not Been Muzzled
Evil Triumphs When Good Men Do Nothing
What strikes me about the Alabama court issue is the way most of the press ignore the clear double standard: there has been no mention (except by Judge Moore) of the continued unmolested existence of a Greek deity’s bust which also resides in the courthouse.
Furthermore, what we do hear (with rare exception) is how a bunch of protestors are singing kumbaya at the state courthouse, roasting weenies with lighters & just waiting about for the next abortion clinic to raid.
With regard to the facts of the case, the Constitutional questions surrounding the Decalogue monument, we must painfully regurgitate the facts: There is no such thing as the so-called constitutional “separation of church & state”. This is a misnomer propagated in the often leftward-leaning press and the infamously inaccurate text books of our high schools and universities. That wording can however be found in two different contexts in two very different places: the constitution of the former Soviet Union and the Jeffersonian Letters. Thomas Jefferson makes mention in a letter to a local church of keeping the Federal government out of the business of State Religious affairs as well as that of its churches. At the time, most states had an “official religion.” Some were Baptist, others Methodist, and so on. The Framers had no problem with this, in fact they rather encouraged this by among other things, forbidding Congress (federal legislative branch) from making any law “respecting the establishment of religion; nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” Our Founders made it clear in the Declaration of Independence and our Federal Constitution in the first, ninth and tenth amendments that our liberties are granted by a sovereign God who is acknowledged by us as such and that the federal government is not to restrict the rights enumerated in the Constitution nor abridge those not enumerated and thus delegated to the states. Failure to follow this is essentially a breech of the Constitution and by this fact, a breech of the much bandied about Rule of Law by those sworn to uphold it. Such a breech (as has been seen commited by the federal court presiding over the Alabama case—not to mention other federal courts, such as the infamous 9th circuit court of appeals in California–the “Pledge” case, and indeed the U.S. Supreme Court) requires that the legislative branch take the appropriate action to redress the offense of the other branch, as outlined in Article 1, section 3. Failure to do this on the part of the legislative branch, it would follow, would become likewise a breech, whereon the good people of any such district to which the legislative branch in authority is beholden, in good conscience are duty-bound to rise up and impeach their legislators for failure to uphold the aforementioned Rule of Law: The Constitution of the United States. If we do not campaign for and vote for the candidates we choose to be our congressmen and senators, we are breeching our obligation to that Rule of Law.
Those are the remedies as supplied by the Constitution and our Founding Fathers. Remedies we should all be attentive enough to take. “People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security (in this case, the bliss of apathy and inaction) deserve neither and will lose both” – Benjamin Franklin.
-Blogbat a.k.a. Martin
Comments (3)
Ya know, I often times find myself trying to figure out if all of this PC stuff that society is determined to integrate into every facet of our lifes is correct or partly correct or totally derogatory towards the evolution of this country. I find myself both agreeing with and disagreeing with their arguements. I cant seem to find an answer that applies to all of it. It really confuses me sometimes. Its almost a paradox it seems. Yes, this country was founded on freedom of religious expression and belief, yet it seems we cant agree where the line must be drawn. Everyday, what was once a black and white issue, becomes more and more blurred by the gray area of political correctness. When will it all end? Will we digress back to a heathen humanistic society that doesnt acknowledge any form of a higher power? All of this bickering and argueing whose right or whose wrong just causes me to withdraw to my own little world of beliefs and morals that this country was founded on. Its very unsettleing to me.
Well, I just read an article that contridicted parts of what I said in that prior post. Oh well, told ya I was ignorant to politics and government.
You probably have more common sense than most journalists, Braddock. Plus, we all know about Jason Blaire, the former NYT reporter who wrote loads of bogus articles, which simply proves just because it’s in print, doesn’t mean it’s true. It is always the people’s job to varify what they hear.