My position on recent issues:
Marriage: My personal view reflects the traditional Christian belief that marriage should be between one man and one woman. Other arrangements should be considered civil unions, but in other respects treated the same as marriage. So many of our States had defined marriage in the traditional way and passed laws by popular vote to establish marriage as between one man and one woman, which is the way it was defined by our Christian forefathers, so I regard the recent Supreme Court decision as a blatant violation of States’ Rights; if they can so glibly overrule one of our Constitutional Rights, they can do it again and again until our Constitution will become ineffective as law; merely a curious historical document that might as well be relegated to the National Museum. So many states voted to maintain the traditional Christian definition of “marriage”, that for this to be overturned by nine people assigned to our nation’s Supreme Court is a serious disregard for States’ Rights under the Constitution and should be held as “unconstitutional, invalid, and illegal. In my opinion, our Supreme Court should have carefully redefined the “other arrangements” as “Civil Unions“, with all the same rights and privileges as traditional marriage; this would have avoided what I consider to be an unlawful resolution, including certain other problems:
Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said: Changed understandings of marriage are characteristic of a Nation where new dimensions of freedom become apparent to new generations…The fundamental liberties… extend to certain personal choices central to individual dignity and autonomy, including intimate choices defining personal identity and beliefs.
What does that mean anyway? Can someone decide to marry their dog? What about polygamy (having multiple spouses)? Their decision leaves the question of marriage open to any individual interpretation. Mark my words, there will be further ramifications involving the “marriage” issue. We have become an “anything goes” society and that encompasses quite a broad spectrum of definitions.
Obama Care: Also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was allowed to be implemented in its initial form without a serious movement to block it at that time, so I will respect the Supreme Court decision making it the law of our land. The Supreme Court commented that certain segments of the ACA law were poorly written with improperly included or excluded or unwise wording involved.
Constitutional Issues: Our forefathers exercised great wisdom in the forging of our Nation’s Constitution. These men were devout Christians and well aware of why so many early Colonists (e.g.: Puritans) had made the journey to escape English persecution and tight regulation under the rule of Henry VIII following establishment of the Anglican Church of England. Just as the Supreme Court had acknowledged improper wording in the ACA document, I have found that our forefathers had made the same mistake; for example take the First Ammendment wording:
The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion or impeding the free exercise of religion.
I submit that one word was ineptly and mistakenly omitted prior to the word “religion”. The single word was “Christian”. The Supreme Court should try that one on for size. In addition, how could our forefathers have possibly given all of that Supreme Court authority to nine people whom have become political appointees of the ruling class. Our forefathers ineptly and unwisely omitted the ultimate check and balance needed to prevent Supreme Court overreach: Our forefathers should have required two-thirds voter ratification of all States before Supreme Court decisions could become the law of our land; of course it would be difficult to vote on every issue separately, however, one or two fast-track streamlined ratification elections per year could have been mandated.
My fellow citizens, if you really care about this great Country of ours, write to your Federal representatives and express your concerns to them.
Swords And Knives 