Field of Deets

Here is a comment left on my last post from an anonymous reader:

"Though I agree with almost all of your points, I disagree with your position on the separation of church and state. This country was founded on protestant principles and although the church has no hold on the state anymore or education, that doesn't mean that our president can't voice his opinion on his personal christian beliefs (1st amendment right)to put his personal spin on things, or that putting a hand on the bible is enforcing religion more than merely exercising tradition... GW is a quack though, our situation is F'd up. I will give you that... I think Americans have gradually lost their voice. Now if you could take your post and lobby it..."

I'll respond:

This country was founded by protestants. They're beliefs certainly invaded some of the things they did. But The Bill of Rights is a document free of any mention of God or religion, aside from the obvious, that it protects the freedom of and from. The principles outlined in The Bill of Rights are democratic; they are indicitive of no religion. They limit the power of the government. That is their purpose. Now whether or not law makers have abided by those things throughout history is a whole other discussion.

President Bush can discuss religion all he wants, as Mr. George W. Bush, Jr., but not as President George W. Bush. When he is addressing the nation as The President of the United States, he is representing the office of the president and the executive branch of the government. In this context he should not say anything recognizing a religion. If he does, it implies that the office of the president is recognizing this religion and is therefor unconstitutional.

And as far as swearing an oath on the Bible being just practicing tradition, well who says all traditions are correct? It was traditional for white people to own slaves in the civil war era and before. It's a good thing someone recognized the wrongs in that tradition. Traditions are not always good, right, or legal. This one, swearing an oath on a Bible in a government sanctioned event, happens to be unconstitutional because it implies that the government is recognizing Christianity as its official religion. God forbid that from ever happening, please. If the Bible is important enough to swear to the truth on, then why would someone watching the ceremony not think that the government's official religion is Christianity?

Americans have lost their voice, Anonymous Poster, you and I agree on this. And it's really sad. We need more journalists who are willing to write the truth and more editors and newspapers who are brave enough to print the truth about things that are going on. Sometimes I feel we respect authority too much. How much did our founding fathers respect it? They said fuck you and went across the ocean to start their own country. We need to say fuck you to the government sometimes to let them know that they can't pull the shit they pull sometimes. How do we do that? Certianly NOT by standing the corner of some random street with a sign that says, "No More War." Who gives a shit about that? It's a useless, futile, worthless effort to do something. Saying Fuck You to the government needs to be done by the masses writing well written letters to our representives. The masses need to vote out the fuckers who misrepresent us. We don't have legal term limits for the Senate or the House of Reps, but we do have term limits, they're called elections (I borrowed that from The West Wing). And America really fucked up the last one.

Deets for the House of Representitives in 2014, gotta start somewhere. Now if I can only get myself to run as a Democrat without feeling guilty, maybe I'll get some votes. People aren't too big on Libertarians yet, except for that they really are and just don't know it. People who really want true freedom and liberty in its purest form and of its purest definition need to investigate the Libertarian party. The Democrats and Republicans are just Right Wing Socialists.

Until The Next.

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# posted by Deets : 11:34 AM