<<To make the point that conservatives are hypocrites, or perhaps only deluded,
when they say they believe the government shouldn't intrude on private life, I
specifically discussed their attitudes toward very early
abortion. Say, as early as... the morning after.>>
Conservatives respect and understand that our rights come from God and that
the purpose of government is to protect those inalienable rights not grant
them. Nor can it legally or morally legislate out those inalienable rights,
therefore a human no matter what age has rights from God that must be protected.
Liberals are clever in their attempt to define when a human does not count yet and
worthless, which is simply never the case. Period! You cannot ethically lump
together the conservatives rightful desire for privacy with the God-given right to life!
Maybe this article below from a Republican site will help you:
Back To Basics
Our Founding Fathers gave us a Constitutional Republic. Because of
them, we were born free. Nevertheless, we could die slaves because we
have lost sight of basic truths.
1. Freedom cannot exist without morality. The phrase immoral free
men makes no more sense than dry water. Unless we have sufficient
character and moral fortitude, we will not be able to govern
ourselves.
When morality declines, the abuse of rights increases and more
government is necessary. Just as criminals need jailers and
domesticated animals need herdsmen, an immoral citizenry needs a
police state. If we ever abandon our morality and adopt instead the
law of the jungle, we will lose our freedom.
2. Ignorant and free can never be. In order to be capable of
self-government, we must not only be moral but informed. If we are
not informed, we will tend to vote for the politician who promises the
most. We will vote for more and bigger government until one day we
have total government.
An uninformed electorate, whether moral or immoral, will vote itself
into slavery. Only a moral, well-informed electorate will vote for
men of principle who will limit government to its proper role.
3. Our rights come from God. When God created man, He gave him
certain inalienable rights. Because rights existed prior to men
joining together to form governments, the purpose of government is
only to protect these rights. It cannot be to grant us rights that we
already have. Nor can it be to legislate out of existence rights that
are inalienable.
Our form of government is based on this fundamental truth. If we ever
abandon it, we will lose our form of government.
4. The essence of freedom is the limitation of government. Because
men are not angels, some government is necessary to secure our
God-given rights. Because government officials are men, the powers of
government must be strictly limited and constantly held in check.
The U.S. Constitution limits the powers of the Federal Government.
Nonetheless, much that the Federal Government does today is
unconstitutional. We have allowed this abuse of authority to occur
because we have forgotten basic truths. We will preserve our freedom
for future generations only if we recall the wisdom of our fathers and
get back to basics.
A Government Of Laws - Or Of Men?
Because men created governments (and not vice versa), the rights of
government are based on the God-given rights of the individual. An
individual has the right to defend his life, liberty, and property;
therefore, he also has the right to join with others and form a
government to protect his rights. An individual does not have the
right to violate the rights of another, and neither does government.
Government should be large enough to secure our God-given rights but
not large enough to violate these rights. Anyone who understands this
comprehends the proper role of government.
If there were no government whatsoever, our rights would not be
secure. Individuals acting alone would be unable to protect their
liberty against the criminal acts of unjust men. In the absence of
organized government, anarchy would prevail. Ultimately, the
criminals would take control and enslave their fellow citizens.
Our rights also would not be secure under a system of total government
control. Such a government might grant its citizens privileges from
time to time, but it could also take away those privileges on a whim.
Whenever government has total power, individuals have none. Remember,
the root of the word totalitarian is total!
Communism and Nazism are not at opposite ends of the political
spectrum as the public has been led to believe. They are ideological
twins! Both are totalitarian, and both are examples of 100 percent
governmental control.
Our rights can only be secure under limited government. Liberty is a
way station between anarchy (no government) on one end of the
political spectrum and totalitarianism (total government) on the other
end.
Preserving liberty for ourselves and future generations is no easy
task. As George Washington warned, "Government is not reason; it is
not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and
a fearful master." Because our Founding Fathers realized that
government, like fire, had to be contained, they gave us a government
of laws and not of men. They created a republic and not a democracy.
A democracy is majority rule and is destructive of liberty because
there is no law to prevent the majority from trampling on individual
rights. Whatever the majority says goes! A lynch mob is an example
of pure democracy in action. there is only one dissenting vote, and
that is cast by the person at the end of the rope.
A republic is a government of law under a Constitution. The
Constitution holds the government in check and prevents the majority
(acting through their government) from violating the rights of the
individual. Under this system of government a lynch mob is illegal.
The suspected criminal cannot be denied his right to a fair trial even
if a majority of the citizenry demands otherwise.
We will either be governed by laws or ruled by men. Because of man's
nature, rule by men has always ended in tyranny. Only under a
government of laws will our God-given rights be secure.
Have You Been Deceived?
Question: When the Founding Fathers established our government, they
gave us: (a) a democracy, or (b) a republic?
The question is basic, and the correct answer should be known to very
schoolchild. Nevertheless, if you have been led to believe that our
country is a democracy, you have been deceived.
Not only did our Founding Fathers establish a republic, they greatly
feared democracy. James Madison, known as the father of the U.S.
Constitution, wrote in "Essay #10" of The Federalist Papers:
"...democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and
contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security
or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their
lives as they have been violent in their deaths."
Although such an attitude will surprise most Americans, it is
accurate.
The United States Constitution does not contain the word democracy.
It does "guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of
government...." Also, when we recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the
flag, we say, "to the Republic for which it stands, " and not "to the
Democracy."
The difference between a republic and a democracy was once widely
understood in America. The U.S. War Department (superseded by the
Department of Defense) taught that difference in a training manual
(No. 2000-25) published on November 30, 1928. This official U.S.
government document, used at the time for the training of American
military personnel, said of democracy:
"A government of the masses. Authority derived through mass meeting
of any other form of `direct expression. Results in mobocracy.
Attitude toward property is communistic - negating property rights.
Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate,
whether is be based upon deliberation or governed by passion,
prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences.
Results in demogogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy."
It went on to state: "Our Constitutional fathers, familiar with the
strength and weakness of both autocracy and democracy, with fixed
principles definitely in mind, defined a representative republican
form of government. They `made a very marked distinction between a
republic and a democracy * * * and said repeatedly and emphatically
that they had founded a republic.'"
If you have been misled as to the type of government we inherited, you
should ask why.
Is It Constitutional?
The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic consisting
of the Federal Government and the state governments. It is not a
Democracy. The Federal government operates under the specific powers
delegated to it by the United States Constitution, while each of the
state governments operates under a state constitution.
The U.S. Congress is not authorized to make any law it chooses; it is
bound by this Constitutional mandate. For instance, the First
Amendment states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
of abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of
the people peaceable to assemble, and to petition the Government for a
redress of grievances." And the Tenth Amendment states, "The powers
not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited
by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to
the people."
The Constitution authorizes the Federal Government to protect our
God-given rights and to provide for the common defense. It does not
authorize Fedgov to provide foreign aid handouts, unemployment
benefits, subsidized housing units, food stamps, agricultural price
supports, or other share-the-wealth schemes.
Tragically, much of the legislation that Congress passes in
unconstitutional. This abuse of authority has occurred because we
have lost sight of basic principles.
Your Congressman has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution.
Whenever a new bill comes up for a vote, he should ask himself: Is It
Constitutional? If it is unconstitutional, he should vote against it.
If he does not vote against unconstitutional legislation, you should
ask him why.
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