VOTERS: Guide contained facts
In regard to the assumption that the U.S. Constitution supports separation of church and state, I suggest that if we are going to speak to the issue, we must first get our facts straight. Truth of the matter is, the Constitution is silent on the subject of separation of church and state. We have allowed attorneys, judges, and so-called constitutional scholars to deceive us by falsely interpreting the First Amendment. Some of these experts are ignorant out of laziness to study the Constitution. Others deliberately misinterpret the Constitution because they do not want us to know the truth and accept the truth. Acceptance of the truth is acceptance of God, the Creator, and they want God completely removed from politics and public life. The experts are at fault for deception. We are at fault for allowing them to deceive us because we won’t take the time to study the Constitution for ourselves.
Our public employees, who work for the IRS, write regulations to control religious organizations based on the false interpretations by the so-called experts. Frankly, if I were pastoring a church today I would be glad to give up the tax exempt status for religious organizations just to get the federal government (the IRS in particular) out of religion.
The following is the exact wording in the First Amendment supposedly in regard to separation of church and state as penned by our Founding Fathers: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or the free exercise thereof.”
How anybody can read this with the intent of truthfully wanting to know what the Founders intended other than government should leave religion alone is beyond me. It does not say you can’t be involved in politics if you are religious (a Christian in particular). The next step of those who support the fallacy of separation of church and state is to take away our right to vote if our religion influences the way we would vote, especially on moral issues.
If you want more information from somebody who has researched this issue extensively, check out David Barton of Wall Builders on the Internet. Regarding the voter guide in question, it seems straightforward to me. By the way, voter guides have been used for years to inform people of the issues and the candidate’s position on those issues. The only political thing about the voter’s guide is that candidates, for whatever reason, don’t want their opponent’s position to be known, or they are trying to conceal their own position. Perhaps they don’t want their position exposed to religious people on moral issues.
To help clarify the matter regarding the voter’s guide, let’s ask two questions: Was the information truthful? Did the voter guide tell you who to vote for? Answer to the first question is: Yes. The answer to the second question is: No.
RON VIESELMEYER
Coeur d’Alene