DPA act with my reasoning voting is open to the public if you live in Michigan but you must register with I-caucus Citizen lead Citizen endorsed. The endorsement of I-caucus on this matter will only come from you. An alliance or coalition between Government and religion cannot be too carefully guarded against....Every new and successful example therefore of a Perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance....religion and government will exist in greater purity, without (rather) than with the aid of government. -James Madison Father of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights We must decide if we will own our faith and choose for ourselves the principles of the church; or give it over to state enforcement, and thereby subject it to government interpretation. Gods law should remain exactly that, Gods law, and we have legislated away the rightful authority of the church to the state. Gods law is simple love thy neighbor and free will, the conduct of good government is not command and force of gods will or belief, but allowing free choice for the individual. The First Amendment is a protection against government intrusion into religion and a person’s personal beliefs and practices. If the state is allowed to enforce a religious ideology, such as marriage, then it has power to regulate that ideology and by extension the practices associated with that ideology within the religious institutions tied to it. Citizens of the United States also enjoy equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment. When two individuals choose to legally bind themselves to one another they should enjoy the same benefits and protections of other couples who have done the same. Marriage, however, is a religious concept and deeply sacred to us as Christians and our churches. No state has the authority to redefine marriage as it sees fit. But by the same argument, states should never have been allowed to take jurisdiction over marriage in the first place. The First Amendment of the Constitution does not primarily exist to protect society from oppressive religions, it was primarily written to protect religious institutions and a person’s personal rights to practice as they believe without government interference. This fundamental protection was threatened as soon as we allowed the state to license, regulate, and enforce marriage. With that permission an opening in our religious protection was created, and it is now being exploited. With the failure of the LGBT Movement to secure marriage rights through the legislatures and state initiatives they have turned to the courts. Courts have consistently ruled against state constitutional bans on gay marriage, and have begun to take it even further. Through state authority over marriage, combined with blatant overreach of judicial power, courts have begun to reach into the affairs of the churches. This abuse will only grow stronger as more cases are brought forward and courts are emboldened by precedent. WE NEED TO CLOSE THE DOOR. The state needs to be removed from the religious institution of marriage and strong protections against further government incursion into the church needs to be enacted. The church must remain autonomous from the state in order to stay strong and true to its own doctrine. The church must be a beacon in the community, with its values preserved, practiced, and propelled by the Christians of that community. The church should not rely on the authority of the state to enforce its ideology and morality. If it does, it risks that very power and authority being turned against it.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:46:39 +0000
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