Who's Schmoozing Me Now? Part 2

The Constitution Party

Party Platform Preamble:

The Constitution Party gratefully acknowledges the blessing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as Creator, Preserver and Ruler of the Universe and of these United States. We hereby appeal to Him for mercy, aid, comfort, guidance and the protection of His Providence as we work to restore and preserve these United States.

This great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been and are afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.

The goal of the Constitution Party is to restore American jurisprudence to its Biblical foundations and to limit the federal government to its Constitutional boundaries.

The Constitution of the United States provides that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." The Constitution Party supports the original intent of this language. Therefore, the Constitution Party calls on all those who love liberty and value their inherent rights to join with us in the pursuit of these goals and in the restoration of these founding principles.

The U.S. Constitution established a Republic rooted in Biblical law, administered by representatives who are constitutionally elected by the citizens. In such a Republic all Life, Liberty and Property are protected because law rules.

We affirm the principles of inherent individual rights upon which these United States of America were founded:

• That each individual is endowed by his Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are the rights to life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness;
• That the freedom to own, use, exchange, control, protect, and freely dispose of property is a natural, necessary and inseparable extension of the individual's unalienable rights;
• That the legitimate function of government is to secure these rights through the preservation of domestic tranquility, the maintenance of a strong national defense, and the promotion of equal justice for all;
• That history makes clear that left unchecked, it is the nature of government to usurp the liberty of its citizens and eventually become a major violator of the people's rights; and
• That, therefore, it is essential to bind government with the chains of the Constitution and carefully divide and jealously limit government powers to those assigned by the consent of the governed.

My Summary: The Constitution is just as relevant today as it was when it was written. Government must limit its powers to those enumerated in the Constitution. We say that it's OK if you don't believe in the Christian God and Jesus Christ, but we don't mean it.

Pros:

• The Constitution is the founding document for our government. That document lists specific roles for which government is supposed to assume and the powers should be limited to what is enumerated.
• Government Reform: "The Congress of the United States has become an overpaid, overstaffed, self-serving institution. It confiscates taxpayer funds to finance exorbitant and unconstitutionally determined salaries, pensions, and perks. Most members of Congress have become more accountable to the Washington establishment than to the people in their home districts..."
• Healthcare: "The Constitution Party opposes the governmentalization and bureaucratization of American medicine. Government regulation and subsidy constitutes a threat to both the quality and availability of patient-oriented health care and treatment.

Cons:

• Basically a theocracy.
  
• Therefore, no separation of church and state. One example:"All teaching is related to basic assumptions about God and man. Education as a whole, therefore, cannot be separated from religious faith.
• "Pornography, at best, is a distortion of the true nature of sex created by God for the procreative union between one man and one woman in the holy bonds of matrimony..."

I basically think of these folks as a mix between a confused Libertarian and the albino guy from The DaVinci Code that whips himself. If they could hold off on the thumping and protect religion as a personal right rather than a government mandated practice, I would definitely be able to get on board with everything else.

Supposedly, the rights of the individual are all well and good. Except we will force religion into schools, create porno police, and have fines if you don't go to church enough. Do we really need more theocracies in the world? Thousands of years ago, religious nations waged wars against each other in the name of their gods.

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Thank goodness the world has moved on.
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