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Constitutional Abuse
02.09.04 (3:35 pm)   [edit]
Flag burning and now marriage. Both have been recent subjects for Constitutional Amendments usually at the behest of the Puckered Right, whom in the name of Patriotism and all that is American, seek to destroy America and redefine Patriots to mean essentially those that agree with them. These people who want to amend the Constitution fail to understand that the Constitution is not a axe to use to kill your enemies. Instead it is something to protect those from the axe. That's why it guarantees so many Freedoms instead of taking them away. Flag burning is a way to demonstrate unrest and unhappiness with the status quo. It is a form of speech, eloquent in its defiance of a seemingly sacred symbol. Amend for flag burning and do you Amend for other symbols - the Bald Eagle, the Liberty Bell, the White House? Where would it end?


Marriage as a Constitutional Amendment is ridiculous as history has shown that what defines a marriage changes. As I wrote above perhaps the definition of marriage should be (but not as an Amendment or maybe so if I get credit):


"marriage is a legitimate union between consenting adults."


If anything the Constitution needs to be reinforced, especially in the area of Separation of Church and State but read my crap for any bit and you know it's a pet peeve. I recently read somewhere a list of those countries where Religion wasn't a part of Politics and, of course, they list off the worst of the worst Totalitarian nations in history. As if you remove Religion from Politics and automatically your country goes into a dictatorship. Why not the reverse? List the countries that did or do have Religion as a main part of Politics and you can create an equally vile list. Point being that removing Religion from our Politics will not change our system of Government. As it is, we're a Meritocracy dangerously close to becoming a Dictatorship and that's with Religion. Rant over.

 


posted by: therealspartacus007 (reply)
post date: 02.09.04 (5:43 pm)

When the government interferes with religion, you have a Totalitarian dictatorship. The Soviet Union and Communist China enforce their views on religion and ethics upon the people in the same way Medieval European nations did. And we know the results. The reason America has lasted so long is because we have made it so Religion is NOT a part of Politics.



posted by: greeneyedgrrl (reply)
post date: 02.10.04 (4:58 pm)

Getting dangerously close, indeed.

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