"When in the course of Human Events...." I wonder if Thomas Jefferson had any inkling when he penned those world changing words 231 years ago what the nation he helped bring into existence would become? A rhetorical question, for if he and the Constitutional Congress would have seen, they would've been clearer in defining some very key points. Ones that couldn't be twisted and turned by Liberal Courts.
Being a constitutionalist, I believe deeply in the rule of Law. Additionally I believe in the Almighty and the Saviour Jesus. My faith states that without either a civil and safe society cannot exist. That is what the founding fathers of this great nation sought, a nation of freedom tempered by fair and just laws where men and women could worship God as they see fit. They knew and understood the importance of just laws..... and God.
It amazes me that Americans take for granted the rule of law that protects them each day. And the number, seemingly growing, of people that have contempt for it. A shadowy part of our society believes law is good until it obstructs their own pursuits. They see rules that hinder them and therefore disrespect them.
Respect is a term appropriately ascribed to the treatment of Law. Without respect laws can not work. A law cannot stop a murder or rape if the person committing the act has no respect of the legal repercussions. Without it the deterrent of punishment will not stop the violator from committing the act either.
What does stop the act is what men like Jefferson understood. The missing and misunderstood component of law.... morals. Laws are meant to be reflections of morality not the other way around. A moral person will not rape an 8 year old child. Laws only protect us if the morality of people that makes them are high. And morals in turn generate respect for the Law.
Morality in this nation is a seemly waning commodity. No longer are the generations being taught its importance on a broad basis. The morality of 231 years ago is vastly different than the morality of today. For instance, In those days a man's honor was important. Laws reflected it. Today honor is a lost concept, a relic in most parts of our society. Americans have become self-absorbed, "as long as it pleases me who cares about anyone else". Sacrifice isn't in the vocabulary of most Americans, yet another anachronism of a by gone era.
These virtues all have the same source, they are all tenets of Christianity. The people of 1776 were not only Nation Builders, Statesmen and Patriots, they where Christians. They were taught from a young age to be honorable, honest, and sacrifice for the greater good.... they had high morals. No coincidence that they were devout bible fearing men and woman.
This nation was founded by Christian men and Christian morality. The laws of our nation reflect that and it is a deluded fool that denies the fact. Nothing Liberals and Atheists can do will ever change that...... all they can do is change and influence our legal system today....... if we allow them.
