HOW COULD 50 STATES BE WRONG?
What follows is an email apparently making the rounds on the Internet. It was recently forwarded to me by an old friend. The originator and author are unknown, and I have not personally verified the information that follows. However, knowing this to be a "Nation Under God," and that the several states took their lead from the spirit of our national founding and the spirituality of the people themselves, I believe it is probably accurate and is presented here as it was received.
Pridger isn't one to state that it would be impossible for fifty states to all be wrong. After all, most states are becoming "liberal" tyrannies in their own right, in full spiritual and joint partnership with the federal government. Some have undoubtedly abandoned their original constitutions in favor of more progressively worded documents. Be that as it may, many state constitutions remain in gross violation of the ACLU's interpretation of the "establishment clause" of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, (i.e., the separation of church and state).
Will ACLU lawyers and federal justices eventually force all states to amend their constitutions to conform with ACLU mandates?
"...maybe we need to give serious thought to the ones we elect to run our country and the power minorities have.HOW COULD 50 STATES BE WRONG
Somewhere along the way, the Federal Courts and the Supreme Court have misinterpreted the U. S. Constitution. How could fifty States be wrong?
THIS IS VERY INTERESTING! Be sure to read the last two paragraphs. America's founders did not intend for there to be a separation of God and state, as shown by the fact that all 50 states acknowledge God in their state constitutions:
Alabama 1901, Preamble:We the people of the State of Alabama, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution ...
Alaska 1956, Preamble:We, the people of Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land ...
Arizona 1911, Preamble:We, the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...
Arkansas 1874, Preamble:We, the people of the State of Arkansas, grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government...
California 1879, Preamble:We, the People of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom ...
Colorado 1876, Preamble:We, the people of Colorado, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of Universe.
Connecticut 1818, Preamble:The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy ...
Delaware 1897, Preamble:Through Divine Goodness all men have, by nature, the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences ...
Florida 1885, Preamble:We, the people of the State of Florida, grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty ... establish this Constitution...
Georgia 1777, Preamble:We, the people of Georgia, relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution...
Hawaii 1959, Preamble:We, the people of Hawaii, Grateful for Divine Guidance ... establish this Constitution.
Idaho 1889, Preamble:
We, the people of t! he State of Idaho, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings ...
Illinois 1870, Preamble:We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors.
Indiana 1851, Preamble:We, the People of the State of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to chose our form of government.
Iowa 1857, Preamble:We, the People of the State of Iowa, grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings ... establish this Constitution
Kansas 1859, Preamble:We, the people of Kansas, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges ... establish this Constitution.
Kentucky 1891, Preamble:We, the people of the Commonwealth of grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties...
Louisiana 1921, Preamble:We, the people of the State of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy.
Maine 1820, Preamble:We the People of Maine .. acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of_the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity ... and imploring His aid and direction.
Maryland 1776, Preamble:
We, the people of the state of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God or our civil and religious liberty...
Massachusetts 1780, Preamble:We...the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe ... in the course of His Providence, an opportunity ..and devoutly imploring His direction ...
Michigan 1908, Preamble:
We, the people of the State of Michigan, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom ... establish this Constitution
Minnesota, 1857, Preamble:We, the people of the State of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings
Mississippi 1890, Preamble:We, the people of Mississippi in convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work.
Missouri 1845, Preamble:We, the people of Missouri, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness ... establish this Constitution ...
Montana 1889, Preamble:We, the people of Montana: Grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty. establish this Constitution ...
Nebraska 1875, Preamble:We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom .. establish this Constitution ..
Nevada 1864, Preamble:We the people of the State of Nevada, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom establish this Constitution ...
New Hampshire 1792 Part I. Art. I. Sec. V.:Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience.
New Jersey 1844, Preamble:We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors ...
New Mexico 1911, Preamble:
We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty...
New York 1846, Preamble:We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings.
North Carolina 1868, Preamble:We the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil, political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those ..
North Dakota 1889, Preamble:We, the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain...
Ohio 1852, Preamble:
We the people of the state of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common ...
Oklahoma 1907, Preamble:Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty ... establish this...
Oregon 1857, Bill of Rights, Article I. Section 2:All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences...
Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble:We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance
Rhode Island 1842, Preamble:We the People of the State of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing
South Carolina, 1778, Preamble:We, the people of he State of South Carolina. grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
South Dakota 1889, Preamble:We, the people of South Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for our civil! and religious liberties ... establish this
Tennessee 1796, Art. XI. III. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience...
Texas 1845, Preamble:We the People of the Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God.
Utah 1896, Preamble:Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty, we establish this Constitution ..
Vermont 1777, Preamble:Whereas all government ought to ... enable the individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man ...
Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI:... Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator ... can be directed only by Reason ... and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other ...
Washington 1889, Preamble:We the People of the State of Washington, grateful! to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...
West Virginia 1872, Preamble:Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia .. reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God ...
Wisconsin 1848, Preamble:We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, domestic tranquility ...
Wyoming 1890, Preamble:We, the people of the State of Wyoming, grateful to God for our civil, political, and religious liberties ... establish this Constitution...
After reviewing acknowledgments of God from all 50 state constitutions, one is faced with the prospect that maybe, just maybe, the ACLU and the out-of-control federal courts are wrong!"Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." William Penn
end of email message
William Penn was right, of course. The federal and state
governments have long ago thrown off the constitutional fetters that once
mandated "limited republican government, by consent of the governed."
That circumstance has effectively left government answerable to God alone (for
the people have remained silent and accepting of more and more government
power). If the notion of God above can be successfully eliminated from the
official political culture, the Almighty State will be upon us in all its
destructive and tyrannical glory. In truth, it is already upon us. But for some
important references in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution (which
is still acknowledged as the Supreme Law of the Land — even by the ACLU),
state tyranny is all but an officially established fact.
The desired elimination of all religious reference and
official acknowledgement of God in the halls of government power may appear a
matter of simple and unimportant semantics to the average humanist — and even
some Christians. But there's more at stake here than they can possibly realize
— otherwise there could be no call for the official elimination of God from
our political mask regardless of religious belief, or lack thereof.
Has God favored our
nation and the fifty states and their peoples? Do men (and women, too, of
course) — as opposed to governments and multi-national corporations —
possess "God-given," unalienable rights? Or shall we accept what the
almighty lawyers at the ACLU and in the federal courts seem to wish to mandate
— that the state has no power above it, and is, itself, the nearest thing to a
heavenly father we can ever hope to have?
Ironically, the Constitution is acknowledged as the Supreme
Law of the Land by the ACLU. But the Constitution is null and void without
official acknowledgement of God, for it is predicated upon, and given validity
by, the Declaration of Independence which preceded it. The Declaration of
Independence (and, of course, the brave God-fearing men who fought the American
Revolution), established the right to form a new nation, independent of the
mother country, invoking Divine guidance and officially establishing (for the
first time in the history of governments), the unalienable God-given rights of
men. If those references to God are officially discounted today, that makes the
whole document and all that has proceeded from it (including the Constitution
and national government itself), a huge, two century old fraud.
If there is an Almighty God, it is imperative that men and
their governments acknowledge subservience to Him. If there is no god, it's even
more imperative to keep government fettered and constrained by an official
fiction that there is. Else tyranny has a broad and unimpeded path to follow.
John Q. Pridger, 11 February 2004