Constitutional Abuse

Tomorrow Mom and I will brave the Bakersfield heat and walk a precinct in favor of Proposition 8, a California constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Who would have dreamed our society would descend to this level. I guess definitions are important given that liberal interpretations have altered the meaning of simple words like "is," reference Bill Clinton. It seems they all want to justify their selfish and sinful lifestyles.



It has become necessary to legislate morality because we as a society no longer have shared mores. We arrived at this point systematically through decisions of liberal courts. Initially the first amendment was intended to keep government out of our places of worship and allow us to protest when government exceeded its authority. A liberal court upheld that pornography was an appropriate protest. That was twisted to include almost any immoral act even the murder of innocent unborn children. The liberal manipulation of the law has eliminated God from government, denying our responsibility to a higher authority. The latest liberal manipulation is to force moral people to accept and even embrace the practice of homosexuality by legitimatizing it with the label of marriage.



To me the progressive agenda has come full circle. The government is now telling us what we must believe is correct, all the while using the First Amendment as its shield. This is an abuse of power and an assault on our rights of worship. It was derived not by common consent, a democratic process or even a representative vote, but by a liberal interpretation of an already weakened constitution.



My parents taught me what was right and my conscience confirms the truth. I don't need Hollywood or the Government to tell me what to believe. I pray that decent people will rally in favor of the movement to preserve traditional marriage.