Having
a President who is also a Constitution Lawyer, is the best thing that could
happen for and to We the People of the
United States, the reason why Obamacare is constitutional up held by the
courts. Now it is time for we the people to be counted, the tea party claims of
understanding the constitution have not stood up to the light of day. The framers
of the constitution were men of great faith that is why it was written this
way. “We the People of the United States, in
Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common defense promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
United States of America.”
“The
unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit
of Happiness.”
Please
note, it does not say God or name any one faith, it’s their Creator ratified to
say: and secure the Blessings of Liberty. Remember the reason why so many came here
at first was for religious freedom, taxation without representation came much
later. Guess some have forgotten the real reason people came here, that’s the
way it looks to me.
No one
had a problem with the Pledge Allegiance until after 1954 when under God was added,
here is the history of. As found at www.http://www.ushistory.org/pledge.htm
The socialist
minister Francis Bellamy (1855-1931) wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in August
1892. Originally published in The Youth's Companion on
September 8, 1892. Bellamy had hoped that citizens in any country would use the
pledge. In its original form it read:
"I
pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic, for which it stands, one nation,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
In
1923, the words, "the Flag of the United States of America" were
added. At this time it read:
"I
pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all."
In
1954, in response to the Communist threat of the times, President Eisenhower
encouraged Congress to add the words "under God," creating the
31-word pledge we say today. Bellamy's daughter objected to this alteration.
Today it reads:
"I
pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all."
It's understandable why his daughter was upset, those two little words changed it too much for many. As a nation established in part on religious freedom for all people, it no longer included every person. I'm sure many will disagree with me, I'm okay with that. My faith has been questioned by many people in different ways, having listened to their judgement of me, has held no weight with me. For there is only one qualified to stand in judgement of me and I'm willing wait. As my dad would tell me "You'll know if you've been bad or good when you get home." I'm willing to wait, until then I'll continue doing the best I can, with what I got to work with.
