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NC Stands for Religious Liberty – Press Lies, Belittles – Nothing New

17 Wednesday Apr 2013

Posted by subconch in America, Liberty, Politics

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10th amendment, 1st amendment, christianity, Faith, george washinton, nullification, prayer, propaganda, religious liberty, state sovereignty, U.S. Constitution

Alas, it is nothing new that slander, propaganda, and the ridicule of large swaths of the American body of people passes for “news” these days. Sometimes though, it just gets under the skin, you know, even if you are aware that it’s meant to get under your skin. The New York Daily News gives us one recent example in its attack on Christians, The U.S. Constitution, and North Carolina state legislators.

I’ll get to that, but first, some background.

Mar. 13, 2013: ACLU-NCLF files federal lawsuit (Lund, et al. v. Rowan County) seeking a judgment that the Rowan County Board of Commissioners practice of opening their meetings with Christian prayer violates the US and NC Constitutions, and therefore seeking to ban the practice.

Mar. 19, 2013: Rowan County Board of Commissioners votes unanimously to fight the lawsuit after a public meeting, which of course, opened with a prayer. Nearby Forsyth Co., NC lost a similar court battle that lasted 5 years and cost $280,000, culminating in a decision which prompted nearly two dozen NC communities to stop prayer in government meetings.

Apr. 01, 2013: General Assembly of North Carolina passes House Joint Resolution (H.J.R. 494), proclaiming (introducing) “The Rowan County, NC, Defense of Religion Act of 2013”. The NC General Assembly in this resolution, both generally and with respect to religion, is asserting state sovereignty, “declaring that the State of North Carolina does not recognize the authority of federal judicial opinions arising from the exertion of powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States”.

US Constitution, Amendment I:

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.

US Constitution, Amendment X:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

NC Constitution, Article I, § 13: Religious Liberty:

All persons have a natural and inalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences, and no human authority shall, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience.

NC Constitution, Article IX, § 1: Education Encouraged

Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools, libraries, and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.

…and then, from charlatans and propagandists at the New York Daily News we get this:

Headline: Let us pray! North Carolina lawmakers propose bill that challenges U.S. Constitution
The ‘Defense of Religion Act’ would allow prayer in public institutions, including schools. Opponents say it would overturn a long line of U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

“Let us Pray!”??? Does this not ring of condescension and ridicule? “Oh look, the stupid little rednecks want to pray.” Demeaning, snobbish, elitist, disgusting.

“Challenges U.S. Constitution”??? This is a flat out LIE. The resolution honors the Constitution, and challenges the authority of the federal government where it dishonors the Constitution.

And don’t you just love it how people, when it suits them, hold up Supreme Court precedent as beyond reproach. The fact is that the Court has gotten it wrong before in their rulings, and will again, and nobody is above criticism or censure in our system.

Washington's bound copy of the Acts of the First Congress

Washington’s bound copy of the Acts of the First Congress

The Daily News article is adorned with an image of George Washington’s beautifully bound copy of the “Acts of the First Congress” encased in glass. Beneath the image reads the caption: “The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights proclaims a separation between church and state. The new bill would specifically allow the County Commission of Rowan County, about an hour north of Charlotte, to continue opening its meetings with Christian prayers.”

“The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights” implies theses are divided entities, which is misleading, and to what end I don’t know. But what follows is another blatant falsehood, the assertion that the Constitution “proclaims a separation between church and state”. Read the 1st Amendment above, and find that proclamation.

The United States Congress may not “establish a religion, and enforce the legal observation of it by law, nor compel men to worship God in any manner contrary to their conscience.” was James Madison’s interpretation of this clause when discussed in the House of Representatives Aug. 15, 1789. In other words, the 1st Amendment is about protection from federal religious coercion.

Speaking of the U.S. House, it has opened its proceedings with prayer since the beginning, and still does to this day. To suddenly allege this practice is and always was unconstitutional is absolute drivel.

The story concludes with the following quotes:

From the ACLU: (the bill’s sponsors) “fundamentally misunderstand constitutional law and the principle of the separation of powers that dates back to the founding of this country.”

From a “legal scholar”: “They basically want to ensure that a long line of U.S. Supreme Court rulings have no validity either here in Rowan County or here in the entire state. They’re basing it on — to put it mildly — discredited legal theory that the states can deny the power of the federal government within their jurisdiction.”

No Constitutional provision forbids prayer in public institutions, and any federal laws or rulings to that effect are invalid and unconstitutional inventions. States are among the separate powers that date back to founding of this country, so far back in fact that they predate and even created the powers of the federal government. And where states deny specific power to a federal government adrift of its Constitutional bounds, it’s not “legal theory”, it’s duty.

Finally, and since the NY Daily News saw fit to display with prominence President Washington’s book because hey, it looks cool and official and says “President” on it and people would never doubt a story with that picture, I leave with this:

George Washington, in his 1796 Farewell Address:

Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

Tell us again, you who seek to bastardize our principled founding and rip out the heart of our Christian heritage, how it is that your mythical separation of church and state ought to be considered as a valid “interpretation” of Constitutional protections of liberty; tell us again how there is no place amidst government for religion and morality; tell us again that hayseed states have no right to defend themselves against an overbearing, increasingly tyrannical and centralized federal government; tell us, so we at least know that dishonor has a name.

~tdv

Related:

  • James Madison Rebukes Nullification Deniers ~Publius Huldah
  • Once we were States. Once we would say “NO” ~subconch
  • The Lie of “Separation of Church and State” & the U.S. Supreme Court’s Usurpations of Power ~Publius Huldah

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Randoms: Anything for Power, Anything but Truth, Parasitic Paralyzation

07 Sunday Oct 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Business, Liberty, Politics, Random

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1st amendment, election 2012, faction, free speech, Libya, media bias, obamacare, power, redistribution, terrorism, U.S. Constitution, u.s. debt, u.s. dollar

Look for a valiant & miraculous act of justice being wrought in the middle east by the great hand of leader 0bama prior to election. ~tdv @ 10.01.12

Blame the Troops~> “Gosh darn, not only is free speech to blame for Muslim riots and murder, but it’s the US soldiers’ fault for getting shot in the back by Afghan troops because …” ~Darleen Click 10.01.12

Read~> Barack Obama’s Terrorist Attack Cover-Up by Sara Goss 09.29.12
Timeline of Benghazi, Libya 09.11.12 Terror, failure of obama admin. and the “movie” fraud

Look~> Pat Caddell at AIM 09.27.12: “Press a fundamental threat to democracy, enemy of the American people” VID & Transcript
h/t JHoward post~ Your Press at proteinwisdom.com

Transform~> The World Doesn’t Love the First Amendment, Slate, 09.25.12
So
 America’s now “paralyzed by constitutional symbolism” (free speech), and the left don’t like the 1st Amd. anymore. Got it. @ 09.28.12
…the whole of the CotUS is a toy of relativism to these people @
It’s cliche by now, but you don’t fundamentally transform (destroying original) that which you Love. @ 

~~~

The Democrat Party is nothing but a Faction Factory, manufacturing and assembly of the group Thieves of Liberty. @ 09.30.12

If the current recipients of wealth redistribution HAD ALL the wealth, would there THEN be the same zeal to redistribute wealth? @ 09.30.12

My FAMILY health ins. prem. 2012/13: 29.7K/yr! 9.2% INCREASE over last year. 44.4% HIKE since obamacare. Affordable Care my AZZ! @ 09.29.12
…ObamaCare is a lie.

‘Progressive Insurance’… Isn’t this a contradiction in terms? And the name, & the ‘Snapshot’ big bro spy gadget give me the CREEPS! @ 09.29.12

Neal Cavuto, -Common Sense- monologue, FoxNews 09.28.12:
“For a brief moment this morning, Chinese currency traded at highest level against the dollar…ever. The U.S. has been traded. The world is increasingly cashing OUT of us, and cashing IN on China. When you pile up debt, you pile up folks who just think you’re a joke. They no longer think you’re a BUY, they think you’re a SELL. Think of that.”
By the way, interest on federal debt is our 5th largest budget item, costing us $222.5 Billion this year. usdebtclock.org/  @ 09.28.12 ~16 TRILLION & counting

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Note: The preceding random musings are mine, except as quoted/linked. ~tdv (@subconch) The @ symbols take you to the specific quotes on twitter if you care to RT, Favorite, or Reply.

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Sad First Response: Fealty to the Enemy, Fail Your Own

14 Friday Sep 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Faith, Life

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1st amendment, 9-11, ambassador, barbarism, Egypt, embassy, free speech, Libya, muslim, Radical Islam, terror, U.S. Constitution, useful idiots

Sadness is how some react to Islamic barbarians attacking OUR embassies and brutally murdering OUR American citizens. The Muslim reasoning is a pretended outrage over a YouTube video, but in reality it was simply the 11th anniversary of Islamic barbarians murdering thousands of other Americans. Then, on the heels of OUR American government apologizing and appeasing once again for the fallacy of OUR being the cause of their barbarity, and as is characteristic of OUR America-hating left-wing Americans, and those America-hating “Allies”, we have this: “Disturbing Calls For Censorship In America By Professors, Journalists, U.S. Diplomats, And Egyptian Government”
by Hans Bader 09.13.12 (Hat tip protein wisdom)

In response to a film that mocked Mohammed, journalists on MSNBC, a professor, and the Egyptian government called for punishment of the film’s producers. Prominent left-leaning law professors have similarly advocated that such speech be restricted, citing customary international law.
[…]
The Egyptian government said, “We ask the American government to take a firm position toward this film’s producers within the framework of international charters that criminalise acts that stir strife on the basis of race, colour or religion.”
[…]
[Professor Anthea Butler of the University of Pennsylvania]: “Good Morning. How soon is [producer] Sam Bacile going to be in jail folks? I need him to go now.When Americans die because you are stupid…” “And yes, I know we have First Amendment rights,but if you don’t understand the Religion you hate, STFU about it. . . . people do jail for speech.
[MSNBC’s Mike Barnicle] “Given this supposed minister’s role in last year’s riots in Afghanistan, where people died, and given his apparent or his alleged role in this film, where, not yet nailed down, but at least one American, perhaps the American ambassador is dead, it might be time for the Department of Justice to start viewing his role as an accessory before or after the fact.”
[…]
Why should we care what the Obama administration says to curry favor at the UN? After all, the First Amendment trumps customary international law, right? Well, not according to some respected left-leaning legal scholars, such as Peter Spiro. International law can undermine civil liberties either directly, by expanding the government’s enumerated powers, or indirectly, by giving the federal government a “compelling interest” for imposing an otherwise forbidden regulation.

This is backward effing’ ridiculous! Third world garbage punches us in the face, and “our” people want to punch “us” in the face.

Consider the idiocy as an example that their arguments are a mere screen. If some fool harms Mr. Bacile based on the words of MSNBC’s Barnicle, Prof. Butler and ilk, the logic then is that THEY should be jailed? Or would they be deserving unequally and partially to a writ of monarchical waiver, given THEIR speech was merely conducive to the proper ends of the crown(s)?

Selective liberty is tyranny. Their suggestion reeks of bullsh!t.

First Response: Fealty to the Enemy…. fail your own.

And how many “acts that stir strife on the basis of race, colour or religion” are Muslim leaders and the American left wing GUILTY of? Hypocrites!

Apart from the obvious WEAKNESS that pat leftist thinking might illustrate, it can otherwise be no more than another example of “not letting a crisis go to waste” as a valuable tool in the “fundamental transformation” of the U.S.A. by scheming, conniving, radical world-power statists.  And… word’s coming out that the U.S. State Department had 48 hours warning…
*Update: (how could I forget) W.T.F.!! Marines defending U.S. embassy in Egypt NOT ALLOWED by State Dept. to carry LIVE AMMO!!

Beware, my countrymen! Know your God, know your Constitution, keep your family.

Feigned motives are a cover and a distraction. This is what they are after; it is always what they are after:

Art.VI,c.2: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Speaking of… How can a Treaty be made under the Authority of the United States that is counter to the very Constitution which Enumerates their Authority?
“Respected scholars”? Repeal the 1st Amendment or STFU about it.

No “international law” can undermine or expand our Constitution. Only We the People, by the Amendment process, have any such power.

If they, or you, are prepared to discard by fiat any provision in our Constitution, then you must also be prepared to discard the whole of it.

Oh… Hello world, we are the United States of America, and if you be inclined to malice, don’t be misled to encouragement by the elitist utopians and the temporary power among us who would join with you and shelter you. The true power in America has always been, will ever be, the great body of her people, most of whom bear no likeness to the aforementioned… and we are pissed.

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Who Needs Religious Liberty Anyhow?

01 Wednesday Aug 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Faith, Liberty

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1st amendment, CotUS, mandate, obamacare, ppaca, religious liberty, tyranny, U.S. Constitution

It’s not just Religious Liberty that is being beaten down by the kings today, it is All Liberty. @

Ref: Obamacare’s Anti-Religious Freedom Mandate Starts TODAY
~by Amy Payne and Sarah Torre 08.01.2012

By Rule, this day, against their conscience, many employers of faith must pay for abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, and sterilization. @

So let it be done, by decree of the crown; Take from thy substance, and provide for thy abhorrents. @

Take head, subjects, for on the morrow thy God wilt bow before Me, and ye shall forget the trespasses of this day.

 ~Barack the Conqueror @

What’s next for those of faith in amerika? Covetousness by command? Porno by proclamation? Incest by edict? Idolatry by decree? @

First Amendment:
“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.”

…but who really cares about the Constitution any more?… or liberty… anyhow. @

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  • First Plaintiff Beats Obama HHS-Abortion Mandate in Court 07.27.12
  • Obama’s war on religious liberty: It’s not just the contraception mandate 08.01.12 (excerpt below)
    • In January 2009, Obama issued an executive order to allow taxpayer dollars to go to non-governmental organizations that perform abortions abroad.
    • In February 2009, Obama announced he intended to eliminate conscience protections for pro-life nurses and doctors working at federally funded hospitals.
    • In April 2009, Obama delivered a speech at Georgetown University – and curiously requested that the school conceal a monogram symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ.
    • In May 2009, Obama eliminated all funding for abstinence-only sex education.
    • That same month, Obama nominated Kevin Jennings to head up the Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. At least 53 members of Congress called on Obama to fire the so-called “Safe Schools Czar” after it came out that he had once offered glib counsel to a student who reported to him having had sex with an adult. “I hope you used a condom,” Jennings reportedly said, completely ignoring the sexual abuse of the child. Here’s another winning quote from the man charged with keeping public schools safe: “We have to quit being afraid of the religious right. … I’m trying not to say, [F—] ’em!’ which is what I want to say because I don’t care what they think! Drop dead!”
    • By October 2010, reporters had begun to notice that Obama cut the phrase “their Creator” when he quoted the opening paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence.
    • In September 2011, the Army revised guidelines for Walter Reed Medical Center to read: “No religious items (i.e. Bibles, reading materials and/or facts) are allowed to be given away or used during a visit.” This policy stirred such outrage on the floor of Congress that the hospital ultimately rescinded it.

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Randoms: Snake Oil and Fearful Liberty

22 Tuesday May 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Family, Liberty, Politics, Random

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1st amendment, authority, budget, commitment, complexity, constitution, dependence, extortion, fear, govt, hashtag humor, liberty, life, ows, peace, power, responsibility, sacrifice, slavery, tyranny, vote

The Constitution is nothing ~ without our commitment to it. @

#PelosiStreetNames: We’ll.Find.Out.What.Street.We’re.On.When.We’re.On.It Street @ ~ #ObamaIndianNames: CommieHawk @ ~ #obamasuperheronames: PlunderDog @ ~ CrappedOn America @

Our specific powers, extorted thru generations, by threat of the string pullers’ arms, but they left the mirage intact, so as to feed on us. @

Amendment I : “…right of the people ~Peaceably~ to assemble…” & OWS needs its ass kicked! @

We the ‘least prone to exercise our authority’ people, are overdue for some much needed exercise. @

How ’bout we trade politics for the ‘Phone Book Method‘ ? Random 537, test IQ, then cage match, winner & runner-up are Prez. & VP. @

If you are afraid to face the reality of liberty, then your soul has been washed by the tyrant, and you are enslaved. @

Is it Simple Fear that has driven the mass generational exodus from liberty? @

I suspect that we who (reluctantly) give him [Mitt] power will stay on him when it comes to the priorities of the ax he must wield. @

Like it or not, Liberty is Your Responsibility… or it’s not liberty at all, is it? @

Sacrifice is a beautiful product of will. @

Consider the complexity of your own living, then 300 million livings, then empower the gov’t god-men to control it all. @

Note: The preceding random musings are mine. ~tdv (@subconch) The @ symbols take you to the specific quotes on twitter if you care to RT, Favorite, or Reply.

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