Taking a Stand: Judges have lost touch with American people
Funny how these appeals court judges have no problem saying the phrase “One nation under God” is unconstitutional, yet they sure do enjoy spending those six-digit salaries with money emblazoned with the words “In God We Trust.”
Once again we see a case where our nation’s judges are totally out of touch with the will of the people, living in their ivory towers where they’ve resided since being born with a silver spoon in their mouth. They’ve never allowed the Constitution to get in the way of dictating to us cattle the way America ought to be run.
Folks, the founders of this country would turn over in their graves if they knew the way our judiciary was perverting their vision. Our founders, for the most part, were Christian men who felt the United States and God should go hand-in-hand. The separation of church and state, which opponents of the current Pledge of Allegiance keep throwing up, was to prevent the government from meddling in religion, such as was the case in the old Church of England. It was not to limit religion or take God out of our country.
If you want to be a purist about constitutional issues, and say we should do what the founding fathers wanted us to do, then you have no option but to include God in our country. Only a moron would seriously argue the framers of our constitution did not believe God was a vital part in starting our country. The name of God was invoked in almost every one of our country’s early documents. It’s obvious our forefathers strongly believed in the inclusion of God when it came to our young country.
If we’re going to go back and erase God out of all of our documents then we best start with the Declaration of Independence, meaning the document is null and void and we’re still a province of Great Britain. Of course, even then, we’ll have our problems since it would be wrong to say “God Save the Queen,” meaning the appeals courts would once again come out with some bone-headed ruling.
This whole thing is just terribly silly. It boils down to some person having way too much time on their hands and a bunch of judges who aren’t even on the same plane of existence as the rest of us. If you don’t want to recite that part of the pledge, leave it out, but don’t tell the rest of our children they can’t say it in school. We are a Christian nation, pure and simple, and we always have been. To erase God from all references when it comes to our country would be to turn our backs on what made us great and would be an insult to our heritage.
Once again it come down to the tyranny of the minority. For many years, the minority, whose best allies are the appellate courts, has thrust upon the vast majority, their will. The last time I looked, the majority was supposed to rule in the United States. Face it, people can twist words to meet any end they desire. I can argue God and state go hand-in-hand, while the other side can yell separation of church and state is constitutional.
Perhaps what we need is an amendment, clarifying church and government. Heck, we passed and then nullified the sale of alcohol in this country, so it’s obvious we’ve meddled with our constitution for much more trivial things in the past. It’s the persons who are supporting the tyranny of the minority who don’t want us to spell out, in an amendment and in plain language, exactly what is the will of the people because the result would be that we want to be one nation under God. It’d also help if we had some checks and balances on our run away judiciary, like we do on all other branches of government.
Regardless of how this turns out, we should all get a little louder when, during the Pledge, we reach those great words of “One nation under God.”
(Duane Sherrill is a reporter for the Standard. He can be reached at 473-2191 or by e-mail at [email protected].)