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There is an old saying that never goes out of date: What goes around comes around and the republic of the United States is close to coming full circle. One of the reasons at the top of the list for grievances against England was religious freedom which King George III and the Church of England would not allow. The colonists wanted to worship God as they understood the scriptures and as their consciences dictated, but King George said no. The revolutionary War was the result of his knuckle headed decision. In essence he said, “I am the King and you will do as I say or else.” King George found out the meaning of else, but it was not quite like he imagined it.

Today, January 2, 2013, the people of the United States are facing a similar edict from one who would be king. But before addressing that issue, an examination of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution is in order.

A particular line in the Declaration is well known or should be since it is foundation, other than the Bible, for all that we humans have and do. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Those words are the substance of the life of every human on the face of the earth, but unfortunately not all believe it, much less follow it, including the government of the United States.

  To begin the next part, Amendment I of the Bill of Rights is in order: 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. No formal, dictated mandatory government religion shall be established; one shall be free to practice his or her belief without government interference. That is being shoved aside by the ruling class in Washington D.C.

The First Amendment is the most essential part for all of our liberties and conforms to the Declaration as quoted above. Without that freedom we are bound to the rule of those who fancy themselves gods, which is now taking place in the republic. The nut job and Kathleen Sibelius claim they can force believers/Christians to violate their consciences because the dictatorial poobahs have ruled that they must do so. Judges have ruled that conscience means nothing and the latest is a ruling by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor that Hobby Lobby has no grounds to contest the contraceptive mandate.

Arguments put forth by government attorneys make no sense except to unbelievers in the government. They say that once one forms an organization or becomes a member of one which isn’t religious, that person or person loses their right of conscience called religious freedom. In other words, the only place that religion is properly exercised is in the church building or home or with a religious oriented endeavor. Further, they state that the administration argues it can force a person to act against his religion so long as the coercion is done under the authority of a law that is neutral and generally applicable—in other words, as long as the law was not written specifically to persecute Christians as Christians, the government can use that law to persecute Christians. They are actually arguing, when their words are examined, that the law at issue is amending the Constitution. Where in the First Amendment does it say that a law causes the forfeiture of any right to worship or speak, or practice what is believed? They totally disregard Article VI which has the words pursuant to which means that all laws and treaties must conform to the all parts of the Constitution. Laws nor treaties do not and cannot amend the Constitution nor do away with any part of it. Yet, that is exactly what the dictators in D.C. are trying to do.

Jesus said to the people of his day Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:14-16) Hobby Lobby is making their light shine for the benefit of their employees, community and society in general. The First Amendment does not limit the where or the how for the practice of belief nor does it rule one’s conscience in worship to God in any manner.

Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia were also part of the Republican Notes on Religion and an Act Establishing Religious Freedom, Passed in the Assembly of Virginia, in the Year 1786: Our rulers can have no other authority over such natural rights, only as we have submitted to them (in a social compact). The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God... 1176  

 However, the modern King George III, the nut job in the Oval Office, and Her Madness Sibelius are determined to chop the First Amendment to pieces. If they can force a violation of religious conscience under penalty of the law, then the nut job can force anything he desires under the rubric of  “It is the law, I said and you will do it or else.” That is the way we are headed as the nut job gains more and more power due to no one stepping forward to stop him, legally of course. He and his sycophants need to learn the meaning of or else from the stand point of freedom and liberty as did King George III.

In closing, a few words from Noah Webster are most relevant to the government agents now in power. The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all of our civil constitutions and laws.... All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible. When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers "just men who will rule in the fear of God." The preservation of a republican government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty; If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made not for the public good so much as for the selfish or local purposes Corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded. If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.

Sage words of wisdom from a very wise man who very well expresses the cause of the problems in the past year of 2012 and now in the year 2013. When the nut job and his political thugs indicate we are to do it or else, we need to respond with "Or else what? It ain't gonna' happen; that's our definition of what."

© 1-2-2013 DEC                           

                             (See  http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/01/13/null-void-of-no-effect/  and  

    http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-administration-we-can-and-will-force-christians-act-against-their-faith