America was first and foremost founded to be “the land of the free”. Our constitution was written to protect the, “unalienable rights” that all men were endowed with by “their creator”. These rights are, The right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. However, around 100 years ago, the focus of government was changed, lead by good, well meaning Christian folk who saw evil rising and tried to stop it with worldly weapons. The result has been a cascade effect that has resulted in government attempting to restrict the right of all men to pursue happiness in their own way.
There is an unfortunate history in the Christian Church of people doing things that God didn't tell us to do. Whether it is the crusades, or the inquisitions, or burning witches, good meaning Christian folk have forsaken the commands of Jesus to follow the leadership of men. This is something Satan has done. He has done it well and Christian folk do not seem to notice the results.
James Madison said it best, “We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind of self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.” These are word of understanding and they echo the men who understood the value of freedom from religious oppression. They understood the value of the power of the gospel to sustain a nation. They understood the power of a trust in GOD that would overcome all evil.
Despite how many times we hear it, America wasn't founded to be a democracy. It was founded to be a constitutional republic. It wasn't founded with the idea that 51% of the population can bully 49% of the population. The constitution is supposed to protect the rights of the individual. In doing this, it would protect the whole.
Still, someone decided to pass laws that were contrary to that constitution to stop people from drinking. The result was people, innocent and not, being gunned down in the streets. Police officers giving their lives to stop a people who are supposed to be free, from exercising their freedom. Did we learn from this?
Today, we have laws to stop people from exercising their freedoms and people are being murdered in the streets, both innocent and not, and police are sacrificed every day.
Whether it is drug laws, or same sex marriage bans, or the latest efforts of government to take our freedoms in the name of security and taxation, every time we trample the rights of an individual we lay the foundation for the loss of all rights for everyone.
America was founded well, and went astray. We need to get the government out of peoples private lives and trust in the GOD of our founding fathers, and the people of the nation, to see the value of self control in society.
We don't need more laws, we just need leadership.
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