Monday, April 19, 2010 "We The People" Part III

Monday, April 19, 2010

"We The People" Part III

I want to begin part III with the “Bill of Rights” Without these amendments the Constitution could not have found it’s place in the founding of our nation. They were ratified effective December 15, 1791 and still hold the same restraints upon the Federal Government as they did then.
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. 
Let me reiterate again my purpose here , it is not to teach you the meaning and purpose of Constitution. My purpose is to establish the fact that you need not a Constitutional degree behind you name to know and understand what is provided for you as an individual through this document. You need only to be able to read or have it read within you hearing and be equipped with a common amount of common since.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion . . .” Now let’s see, what could possibly be the meaning of this statement? Could one perhaps with much study deduce the meaning to be that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"? If we could deduce that as the meaning, then we could understand that if Congress passed a law establishing a religion for us and thereby requiring us to adhere by law, one would have to say that law would be unconstitutional.

Congress to my knowledge has never attempted to do this since the ratification.
Of course some would have to ask: “What about the posting of the ‘Ten Commandments’ in public places and Government building? This Constitutional statement specifically says ‘Congress shall make no law . . .’ (I will not go into here what all is involved in making a law) but I can assure you that posting the Ten Commandment in public places and government building does not equate to the making of a law. To say other wise is to insert meaning into the statement that does not exist and give power to the Congress that is not prescribed.

“or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . .” Now let’s see, what could that phase possibly mean? Do you suppose after much study one could deduce that this phase limits Congress from passing a law that would restrict or prohibit from freely exercising your religion? I will have to ask you, does this phase in our Constitution discribe the seperation of Church and State that we are currently being told it does? Does it seem to you that the Consitution is being used to institute the very thing it was written to protect against?

Some may feel I am inadequate to comment on such weighty matters of the law. Their argument may be founded in the fact I hold no degree or educational training other than what one can aquire in high school. Basically all that is available to me is the fact that I can read and that I possess a fair amount of common sense. My only defense to such a charge would be to ask you to read it again and tell me what you think it says. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; . . .”

May God bless each of you,
David