Posted on 07/04/2003 11:59:06 AM PDT by NYer
A Nation Under God
Our 243 Founding Fathers in 1776 founded this nation under God upon a tripod: 1. “The law’s of nature“ (the natural law). 2. “The laws of nature’s God” (the Bible). 3. And the “God-given”, “self-evident”, “inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” of every American citizen. This was known as “ordered liberty”.
The Twin Towers
George Washington in his farewell discourse went so far as to say, “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indefensible supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism which would labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness…The mere political, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them.”
James Madison said, “A nation that will not be ruled by the Ten Commandments, shall be ruled by tyrants.” Andrew Jackson added, “The Bible is the rock upon which our Republic rests.” And Patrick Henry reminded us, “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded by Christians…and upon the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
Benjamin Franklin stated, “We are reminded in the sacred scriptures that unless the Lord builds a house they labor in build that build it.” And Noah Webster added, “No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a few people.”
Supreme Court Justice, William O. Douglas affirmed, “We are a religious people and our religious institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.” And more telling, the Supreme Court itself, in its most preceded decision in 1892 said, “The laws and the institutions of this nation must necessarily be based upon and embodied in the life and teachings of the Redeemer of Mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise” (87 precedents).
In 1931, Supreme Court Justice George Sutherland, reviewed the 1892 decision in another case, and reiterated that Americans are a religious people.
A New Liberalism
All this began to change in 1962 when just five of our Supreme Court justices, all liberals, did something unconstitutional: they forbade millions of public school students from prayer, Bible reading, and the learning of the Ten Commandments -- despite the fact that our Constitution says, “Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion.” Like Nazi Germany in the 1930s, we saw the wholesale corruption of millions of American youth. Now pornography, promiscuity, drugs, crime, and a new paganism has invaded our schools.
In 1973, the Supreme Court no longer held the sanctity of life. Since that time counting the abortions brought about by “the pill,” over 100 million babies in the womb have been slaughtered, many thousands in the very process of being born.
In 1993, the Supreme Court took away our ordered liberty. “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of the meaning of the universe and of the mystery of human life” (Planned Parent v. Casey). This is the very antithesis of the order of liberty of our Founding Fathers and is pitted against the laws of nature. Such license throws into question the very possibility of law itself since everyone can decide for themselves whether they can murder, abort, lie, steal, sodomize, prostitute, or sexually abuse minors.
The Last Straw
All that was left to dismantle was the natural law. Now the Supreme Court has done that by legitimizing the most unnatural use of sexual faculty. As Newsweek asked on its cover of July 1st, “What’s Next? Homosexual Marriages?” (that is, the dismantling of marriage itself).
Completely Loses Its Moral Voice
In a stinging dissent, Supreme Court Justice Anton Scalia noted that the ruling “effectively decrees the end of all morals legislation” and would pave the way for “the judicial imposition of homosexual marriage that has recently occurred in Canada. Today’s opinion is the product of a court, which is the product of law profession culture that has largely signed onto the so-called homosexual agenda.” In other words, with this decision, the Supreme Court has completely abdicated its moral voice; and we might add, has completely dismantled the Constitution. At present, we are no longer a nation under God in the public forum, we no longer hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created with certain inalienable rights -- certainly not the right to life. And we are no longer founded upon the laws of nature and the law’s of nature’s God.
A Nation Adrift
We are a nation adrift. Since perhaps as high as 60 percent of all sodomists are guilty of child abuse (that is, sex with minors 18 and under), the American people should demand the impeachment of six of our Supreme Court justices -- or else apologize to Cardinal Bernard Law. With this decision, we have obviously entered the slippery course to Sodom and Gomorrah as Justice Robert Bork prophesied. Since twenty of the 21 civilizations that have come and gone have decayed from within, the only hope for America seems to be a direct intervention by Almighty God. Many traditional voices are praying.
A New Battlefield
As Lincoln said, “We have met on a great battlefield testing whether this nation or any nation so conceived and dedicated can long endure.” The question of the hour is, “Where do we go from here?” If we return to God’s principles, He has promised that He will restore our nation and heal our land. If not, we will continue to decay. This is the real question of choice -- revival or ruin, God or chaos, with Him or without Him, decency or profanity, dignity or abuse, a culture of life or a culture of death, purity of heart or wholesale promiscuity -- up or down.
[Fr. Bill McCarthy, MSA is a national speaker and co-director of a Catholic retreat center in Moodus, Connecticut. He is the author of the popular book, “God Bless America, God’s Vision or Ours.”
Take a look back at the decline and fall of those civilizations. You'll recognize a pattern of moral decay.
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Now would this Redeemer of Mankind they speak of be 3000 year old moon gods or would it be the trees or nature in general? Considering the precedents before 1892, I assume this decision speaks of none other than God Almighty. Contrary to some 'conservative' opinion, this nation was founded by just and moral men, that did not consider said worship of dead moon gods, trees, or nature to be worship. 'Conservatives' need to face some facts. The morality of the men who founded this nation no longer exists. The nation upon which they based 'And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor' no longer exists. We can either 'triangulate' this nation straight to Hell in a handbasket or we can start to elect men that will follow the Constitution instead of using its catchphrases to further socialist agendas (i.e. Republican healthcare plans)
That is our one saving grace as a nation! We The People have the right to vote the Socialists out of office.
In case you missed it, this should be REQUIRED READING FOR ALL AMERICANS. Know your enemy ....
If we don't fight back, we may well lose that right to Majority Rule. That is THE AGENDA of Mrs. Clinton.
And, so should this ...
Be sure to scroll down and click on the link marked List of Socialists in Congress. This is a fight to the death! Either they go or we are doomed.
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