When I heard the results of the election, my first reaction was depression, brought on by intense terror. The man elected to the most powerful position in the world does not believe in freedom of the press (the fairness doctrine), freedom of speech for Christians (hate-speech legislation), or the "unalienable right" to life. That is, indeed, a terrifying thing. Especially when partnered with the fact that these extreme views cannot (or at least will not) be tempered, and will in fact be aided, by Congress.
As the depression lifted and the terror subsided (or at least became bearable) something else rose to the surface. (I don't know, maybe I was going through the 5 stages of grief backwards.) I became angry. How could anybody vote for these people? How dare a man with such anti-constitutional views presume to place his hand on the Bible and vow to uphold and defend the constitution? Where were the constitutionalists, the defenders of life, the patriots, and why hadn't they voted to stop this man from gaining power?
But as the anger melted away, I finally came to a place of determination and resolve. Never again will I remain silent while a man with such extreme anti-constitutional views rises to power. Never again will I remain silent as my party allows fear and "political correctness" to cause them to stop standing up for the constitution and stop representing me. I will raise my voice as loud as I know how, and pray it inspires others to do the same. If we all scream from the rooftops, they can't ignore us for long.
In the 1800's there was a Restoration Movement started within the Christian church. The movement aimed to restore the church to the strength, unity and effectiveness that had characterized it at its start in the first century AD. The movement strove to do this by calling people to unite on the principles of scripture, declaring, "Where the Bible speaks, we speak. Where the Bible is silent, we are silent."
The United States of America needs her own Restoration Movement. We need to restore America to her former strength, unity and effectiveness by uniting on the principles of the Constitution. We need a Congress that declares, "Where the Constitution allows us to speak, we will speak. Where the Constitution is silent, we will be silent and allow the States to speak for themselves."
It's time to restore America to being the country our founding fathers fought for. Come on, Republicans, it's time to put cowardice behind you and speak up! Become the Restoration Party and take Congress back in 2010. If you won't do it, we'll leave you behind and find someone who will!
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I'm encouraged by your excitement and the feelings of empowerment you're getting through speaking out. I believe this is one invaluable thing that democracy brings to us. And, I'm saddened that you feel you haven't been heard in this election.
But, as far as your concerns with the 'lack of' constitutional representation that Barack Obama's leadership brings, I'm a bit confused. You point to Obama's rejection of the Fairness Doctrine as a point of fault. However as many precedents proved, this doctrine was quite literally restraining speech from a free press, therefore making it unconstitutional. I believe he took a step toward the constitution in his decision, and I feel he made the lawful choice, (maybe he did learn something at Harvard Law :). )
Also, I truly disagree with your comment about hate-crimes legislations as it deals with Christians. Obama is an open and practicing Christian. As a Christian myself, while I believe legislation on any kind of speech can be a slippery slope, a person's right to feel accepted by a free and pluralist society for who they are should be an unalienable one. I also feel, that while we can discuss as individuals the church's beliefs on homosexuality as we see it through the word, the church's primary goal should be what Jesus's goal was: love, forgive and accept.
Also, to point to the Constitution as a compass for our country's future is always a positive decision. To remold and twist the constitution to what we want it to say or think it should say is probably not ok, in my opinion.
Again, I want to stress that political involvement is progressive and exciting, and I am always intrigued when another of my facebook friends opens a new political blog. My only wish is that our generation would stop looking at --no, digging for-- differences and work toward similarities for progression's sake.
Thanks Aaron, God bless.
Hannah
Your research and mine have led to different understandings of Obama's feelings about the Fairness Doctrine. Furthermore, it's not hate CRIMES legislation that is the problem, I copied my written notes wrong. It's hate SPEECH legislation (fixed in the blog as well). Legislation that could, literally, make it unlawful to read scripture that condemns homosexuality in public.
Further, my whole point was that we should leave the differences alone, and unite on the constitution...so I'm certainly not digging for differences...I'm digging for solid ground that we can all agree on. That this country was founded upon a constitution that should still be operating to hold the federal government in check.
Note I did not come out and support a federal amendment to the constitution (or legislation) banning abortion or gay marriage. These are states' rights issues, and should be handled at a state level. I am simply stating that the federal government must stop taking liberties with the constitution. As the 10th amendment points out, where the constitution is silent, the power lies with the states, not the federal government.
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