Run Away Train
Yet another in an already long and ever lengthening list of affronts and outright subversion to the Constitution of the United States was perpetrated by the berserker regime of the Obama administration last week.
For context, let me quote the First Amendment to the Constitution, the primary protection of freedoms that we as Americans were bequeathed by the Founders:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”
Those words are clear. There is no “except” clause there, no room for good intentions, no vacancy for vacillation on this issue. No law “prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”
The recent Health & Human Services requirement forcing all Catholic and other religion based employers to provide mandatory coverage for abortions and sterilization on demand for their employees is a direct attempt by this administration to undermine the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to all Americans; a fundamental transformation of America as promised by our current sitting—or golfing, or vacationing—President.
Technically speaking, this is not a law passed directly by Congress.
But, because our grift-resentatives in that august body have continually abdicated their law-making responsibility and outsourced the details and the implementation to an ever growing list of onerous regulatory agencies, the regulations imposed by those agencies have the force of law. And, this new requirement has a direct correlation to the unconstitutional health care law passed by Congress two years ago.
When government begins to regulate matters of faith and conscience it has overstepped its bounds as established by our Constitution and our history.
If we allow this breach of contract with the American people from this administration, where will such breaches stop? If they can so directly attack the primary foundation of our freedoms, how will they ever be stopped if not now? The usurpation of choice and the concentration of power are the sole achievements of any government throughout the history of mankind. That’s what government does and we cannot allow it to happen here.
Catholic or not, now is the time for all freedom loving Americans to make their voices heard. We cannot compromise on our precious liberties lest we find ourselves on a high-speed railway to tyranny.
The continued freedom of the American people is in jeopardy. The fundamental change promised and embraced by the current occupant of the White House is contrary to the American way of life and in direct violation of the Constitution of the United States. We cannot allow this to continue. If you’ve not read the Constitution or just the Bill of Rights in awhile, may I respectfully suggest you do so. If we do not fiercely guard our liberties we will lose them. We are well on the way with this administration.
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Well first of all the A.O.C. were the Original idea for how the united staets of america would be governed. But once they found out that they were a weak form of government congress (and every one els) decided to throw them out, so they went to work on a new form of government. Eventually America was split up into two different people Federalist and Anti-Federalist. The federalist wanted a strong central government and the Anti wanted a weak central government. Eventually they agreed to come up with the Constitution, and afterwords the Bill of rights. The main difference is that the A.O.C. were a weak and unsuccessful goverment.But the summary of the A.O.C. is ..Establishes the name of the confederation as The United States of America. Asserts the equality of the separate staets with the confederation government, i.e. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated. Establishes the United States as a new nation, a sovereign union of sovereign staets, united . . . for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them . . . , while declaring that the union is perpetual, and can only be altered by approval of Congress with ratification by all the state legislatures. Establishes freedom of movement–anyone can pass freely between staets, excluding paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice. All people are entitled to the rights established by the state into which he travels. If a crime is committed in one state and the perpetrator flees to another state, he will be extradited to and tried in the state in which the crime was committed. Allocates one vote in the Congress of the Confederation (United States in Congress Assembled) to each state, which was entitled to a delegation of between two and seven members. Members of Congress were appointed by state legislatures; individuals could not serve more than three out of any six years. Only the central government is allowed to conduct foreign relations and to declare war. No staets may have navies or standing armies, or engage in war, without permission of Congress (although the state militias are encouraged). When an army is raised for common defense, colonels and military ranks below colonel will be named by the state legislatures. Expenditures by the United States will be paid by funds raised by state legislatures, and apportioned to the staets based on the real property values of each.Defines the powers of the central government: to declare war, to set weights and measures (including coins), and for Congress to serve as a final court for disputes between staets. Defines a Committee of the States to be a government when Congress is not in session. Requires nine staets to approve the admission of a new state into the confederacy; pre-approves Canada, if it applies for membership. Reaffirms that the Confederation accepts war debt incurred by Congress before the Articles.
Hala, you are correct; the Articles of Confederation were the first attempt to provide a written outline of how America was to be governed. The idea of how it was to be governed preceded the AOC by a number of years and that idea, the idea of freedom, led to the Revolutionary War, the AOC, and the US Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, as the embodiment of that idea.
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