Defend Our Constitution

A blog to stimulate discussion on how to preserve the foundations of our nation. I believe the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments have given us the best basis of government the world has ever known. I believe our Founding Fathers were inspired men who rose above themselves, faults and all, to create a system and a nation which was greater than the sum of its parts. I want to keep it that way.

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BBA, MBA (Ole Miss), Mensa/T.O.P.S., Major(R) USAF, 100% DAV, awarded Purple Heart and AFCM with Valor device, member Veterans for Obama. Been to 41 countries on four continents, and 32 of the 50 states. Many hours of advanced education in economics, finance, national defense, military leadership, emergency planning, history, political science, et al. Lived three years inside the Beltway while at the Pentagon (The Puzzle Palace), got a PhD in recognizing bullshit when I see it. Ex-Repub tired of being lied to while my friends are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan, trying to continue the fight here at home, "all enemies, foreign and domestic" is how the oath went and I intend to keep it.

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

The Ten Commandments, I Say Keep 'Em

Once again our Supreme Court is asked to review a case where about religion in public life.

Some folks are offended by having a monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments in front of a courthouse. I guess the fact that the bulk of our laws are based on Biblical principles has no bearing on this. Given this fact, having a copy of the commandments in our courthouses makes sense, as would copies of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights, the Emancipation Proclamation, Gettyburg Address, etc.

Too many people confuse freedom of religion with freedom from religion. Our founding fathers wanted to prevent the establishment of a state religion or church denomination, but they had no intention of turning America into a godless nation.

I do not want to force my religious views on anyone, but I feel the atheist minority in our country is trying to force their views on me. They won't be satisfied until God is removed from every aspect of our society, but our founders knew that was folly. "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?"--Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia Q.XVIII, 1782. ME 2:227 "

May God bless America, and may America bless God.

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