The Law Is The Law

[Racerbvd]

THE LAW IS THE LAW

So if the US government determines that it is against the

law for the words 'under God' to be on our money, then,

so be it.

And if that same government decides that the

'Ten Commandments' are not to be used in or on a

government installation, then,

so be it.

I say,' so be it,' because I would like to be a

law abiding US citizen.

I say, 'so be it,' because I would like to think that

smarter people than I are in positions to make good
decisions.

I would like to think that those people have the

American public's best interests at heart.

BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I'D LIKE?


Since we can't pray to God, can't Trust in God and cannot
post
His Commandments in Government buildings, I don't believe the
Government and its employees should participate in the Easter and Christmas
celebrations which honor the God that our government is eliminating from many facets of American life.

I'd like my mail delivered on Christmas, Good Friday,
Thanksgiving &Easter. After all, it's just another day.

I'd like the' US Supreme Court to be in session on Christmas,
Good Friday, Thanksgiving &Easter as well as Sundays.' After all, it's just another day.

I'd like the Senate and the House of Representatives

to not have to worry about getting home for the 'Christmas
Break.' After all it's just another day.

I'm thinking that a lot of my taxpayer dollars could be
saved,
if all government offices &services would

work on Christmas, Good Friday &Easter. It shouldn't cost
any
overtime since those would be just like any other

day of the week to a government that is trying to be
'politically correct.'

In fact....


I think that our government should work on Sundays
(initially
set aside for worshipping God...) because, after all, our government
says
that

it should be just another day....

What do you all think????


If this idea gets to enough people, maybe our elected

officials will stop giving in to the 'minority opinions'

and begin, once again, to represent the 'majority'

of ALL of the American people.

SO BE IT...........



Sounds good to me

[SlowToady]

As just a bit of historical note, I believe it was T. Roosevelt who advocated quite loudly to have "In God We Trust" taken off currency.

[IROC]

Originally Posted by SlowToady

As just a bit of historical note, I believe it was T. Roosevelt who advocated quite loudly to have "In God We Trust" taken off currency.

Heck, it wasn't even the official motto of this country until 1956. This whole "Christian Nation" thing is a relatively recent phenomena. Congress was in session on Christmas day up into the late 1800s because Christmas was not recognized as a federal holiday back then.

[frogger]

A little civics refresher for Byron. From Wiki:

The United States of America is one of the oldest constitutional republics in the world. According to James Woodburn, in The American Republic and Its Government, "the constitutional republic with its limitations on popular government is clearly involved in the Constitution, as seen in the election of the President, the election of the Senate and the appointment of the Supreme Court." That is, the ability of the people to choose officials in government is checked by not allowing them to elect Supreme Court justices. Woodburn says that in a republic, as distinguished from a democracy, the people are not only checked in choosing officials but also in making laws.[4] A Bill of Rights exists in the U.S. Constitution which protects certain individual rights. The individual rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights cannot be voted away by the majority of citizens if they wished to oppress a minority who does not agree with the restrictions on liberty that they wish to impose. To eliminate these rights would require government officials overcoming constitutional checks as well as a two-thirds majority vote of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of the States in order to amend the Constitution.

Constitutional Republics are a deliberate attempt to diminish the threat of mobocracy thereby protecting dissenting individuals and minority groups from the tyranny of the majority by placing checks on the power of the majority of the population.[1] The power of the majority of the people is checked by limiting that power to electing representatives who govern within limits of overarching constitutional law rather than the popular vote having legislative power itself. John Adams defined a constitutional republic as "a government of laws, and not of men."

Byron, I do not know what country you believe you live in, but this IS the United States of America. I, like many others here, served this country to protect it and the freedoms it affords to ALL of its citizens.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by SlowToady

As just a bit of historical note, I believe it was T. Roosevelt who advocated quite loudly to have "In God We Trust" taken off currency.

Mike is correct, the phrase didn't appear on "currency" until the late 50s, but was placed on coins shortly after the civil war...

[widebody911]

I don't believe the Government and its employees should participate in the Easter and Christmas celebrations which honor the God that our government is eliminating from many facets of American life.

Hear, hear! Same goes for MLK Day, Columbus Day, Ceasar Chavez Day (in CA) and every other BS holiday these slackers take off.

[nostatic]

wait until white males aren't the majority. Maybe the original post might change just a tad...

[Nostril Cheese]

have a Kwazy Kwanzaa!

[Superman]

I guess Byron hopes to combine Church and State. Make America a strictly Christian nation? And he thinks that was the intent of the Founding Fathers? Just like eliminating social programs, this makes good sense as long as you don't consider the implications for more than a few secods at a time.

[futuresoptions]

Originally Posted by Superman

I guess Byron hopes to combine Church and State. Make America a strictly Christian nation? And he thinks that was the intent of the Founding Fathers? Just like eliminating social programs, this makes good sense as long as you don't consider the implications for more than a few secods at a time.

The founding fathers did not intend to make America a Christian nation, it was just a given.... The only thing they were concerned with at the time was ensuring that a organized religion would not rule the people.