Bad Government Bad Law

Jesus Christ Is Lord!
16 April 2010

Tim D’Annunzio
timvote.com

Amendment 1
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or
of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress of grievances.

I just read the article at foxnews.com about The National Day of Prayer being declared unconstitutional. The case was brought by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. A U.S. District Judge ruled that the Holiday violated the “Establishment Clause” of the First Amendment of the Constitution. The Judge said she relied on Case Law as the basis for her decision.

What I see in this is bad law being justified by previous bad law. When I talk about returning to the foundations this is a perfect example of why.

Is the National Day of Prayer a day that requires everyone to pray in an established manner or does it encourage, anyone who wishes to, free exercise their individual religion? Is it a celebration of the First Amendment or a restriction of it?

The type of bad law we see in this ruling is also self contradicting in logic. Under this logic the “free exercise clause” would violate the “establishment” clause. The only way these clauses are consistent with each other is when understood in proper context. At the time of the writing of the Constitution at least seven of the states had officially established religions consisting of at least three different denominations. The establishment clause prohibited this at the federal level but also didn’t restrict it at the state level.

In 1787, the same Congress that had just written and approved the Constitution wrote and passed the Northwest Ordinance. In it they made law that encouraged religion. Article 3 states, “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.”

This can only be consistent with the First Amendment when it is understood that the Establishment Clause only refers to an established religion by the federal government and has nothing to do with law encouraging free exercise of religion. The founder's writings and contemporary law proves that they went even further with religion stating that it was “necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind.”

In conclusion I will again say that our government, academia and the press have been infiltrated by those who are the antithesis of our Constitution’s original intent. We must return to the foundations, and nothing other than the Constitution itself and the explanations and examples of the founders should be considered in interpreting and justifying current or new law. Religion is “necessary to good government,” we have excluded it and therefore we have reaped bad government.

Publius

3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
6Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
7In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
8And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
9So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:

Micah 7, Luke 1, Romans 15, Psalms 15

In the Name of
Jesus Christ My Lord
Thank You My Father