"All too often, the Congress thinks there is no end to the good they can do with your money and their brains. It is time for us to put an end to this misguided belief. The Founding Father's vision was for a constitutional republic where the will of the people would be imposed on Washington, not the views of Washington imposed on the people." John Ashcroft
There is a check on the people. A Representative Democracy does not have a check on the people. I've also heard America called a Republican Democracy. This, on the local and state level seems to be correct. Also, the Roman Republic was a Democratic Republic. It is more stable than a direct democracy, but it's subject to the same weaknesses (the 51% still controls) The United States has been moving towar
Charles de Montesquieq wrote in his book The Spirit of the Laws that the greatest enemy to liberty is tyranny and that tyranny occurs when any single group controls all power in the government.
A Constitutional Republic is, by definition, a type of government in which the people choose representative to represent the themselves while they (the very government itself and the citizens) are governed by laws in a constitution. Whereas a Democracy is a form of government in which the people hold the ruling power. Another argument to support the Constitutional Republican cause is the Pledge of Allegiance. Say The Pledge of Allegiance
I’ve only been posting on the message board for several days but I’ve seen America called a democracy. I can stand it no longer; I simply cannot! Many Americans will most likely say something along the liens of, “What? Not a Democracy? Sure it is! That’s what we were always taught!” Well, the truth is democracy is only a nice sound byte. In fact, when “American Democracy” is typed into MSN Search 1,247,941 results appear. When “American C
Hello, America is a Constitutional Republic; not a democracy. A Democracy has no check on the people.
Some also say that homosexuals are powerless and opposed by society in general. Homosexuals are one of the most powerful special interest groups in the U.S.. Their success in passing special "gay" rights legislation is unprecedented. Their opponents are silenced by cries of “homophobia” and their cause has been taken up as a major plank in the Democratic Party’s platform. Their political power goes way beyond what would be expected of a minority that
The debate of homosexual rights seems to be a particularly divisive one. Having been posting on this message board for only several days I have seen both sides of the argument. There is the religious and the secular. Not surprisingly the religious argument is against homosexual rights. While the secular argument seems, normally to advance the cause. One argument I’ve read elsewhere is that anti-gay policies constitute gender discriminati
I would also like to point out that THERE ARE GAY CONSERVATIVES. When I went to the Pride Festival in Washington DC last summer I walked by a booth for Gay Republicans....I rubbed my eyes a few times to make sure it was true and that it wasn't some mirage. Granted that they weren't getting many visitors I picked up a few stickers
i've always been bad with odds... but i think it would be something like 1 to 1... there is a God... or there isn't... But for some people there isn't a question that there is... "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." -Psalm 19:1
The first known execution in the territory now known as the United States of America was of Daniel Frank, put to death in 1622 in the Colony of Virginia for the crime of theft. Since then the death penalty has almost always been a feature of the criminal justice system, first in the American colonies and then, after independence, in the U.S. But, what exactly deserves the death penalty? As stated above, Daniel Frank was a thief. Today murderer
Thanks for that evidence i was trying to remember those facts. But, needless to say i couldn't remember them. Could you do those links again? They didn't show up
What about good things Christians do?
Objectivists don't wear hoods like that christian organization called the KKK. Cults call themselves Christians... But, they arn't. Objectivists don't bomb abortion clinics
yeah... so you only have a problem with that?
But you avoid the issue of Pedophilia... why?
But if there is no Moral absolute... How is it established? "Every man did that which was right in his own eyes" What if someone said, "I believe it's okay to kill someone?" If it's based on their morals is it right? How can man be a heroic being? Look at newpaper headlines! They speak of war, incurable disease, ecological destruction! Man cannot save himself. Man cannot be his own god.
Humanists have won the following victories in recent decades: the elimination of the God-instituted death penalty (which was later partially reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court); from no abortion to abortion on demand (which is the indiscriminate genocide of babies); criminal rights now generally take precedence over the rights of the victim; gay rights, which are now greater than the rights of normal people; the sexual revolution with the right to
No matter what we believe, it's a statement of faith... Evolution or creation? I personally believe there is no evidence to support evolution... you may think otherwise though. No, they wern't lockstep of course. But an overwhelming glut of the quotes did come from Thomas Jefferson who was what many would call a "Modernist" or one who does not believe the virgin birth, the divinity of Christ, the miracles of the bible, basically. He even to
What is to happen to our society when we legally recognize the supposed "right" of gays to marry? What will happen next? Beastiality? Pedophelia? Will the courts recognize these supposed "rights" too? "Oh," some might say, "That's not gonna happen! That's common sense!" Well, what happens when common sense is no longer common or sensible? In America there is a phenomena called Judicial Activism. During the 1950's and 60s The Supreme Court,
John Adams signed the Treaty of Tripoli (June 7, 1797). Article 11 states: “The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.” Yes, the Founding fathers believed that Religion is a matter of the heart, and therefore cannot be forced upon an individual. But, you cannot deny that the heritage of the United States has Judeo-Christian beliefs. You may not believe The Bible, you may not believe
America is a Constitutional Republic... not a democracy...
Frankly, the whole idea of The Sepration of Church and State, is a big joke. Although the Constitution, the foundation of American Government and the Constitutional Republic in which we live(that's right, it's not a democracy), does not mention God directly, it states in "The Non-Establishment Clause" (Amendment 1) that, "Congress shall make no law respecting an Establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." However,
I think it's apalling that the media (as we all know is Liberal) was tearing apart Ronald Reagan before he was even in the grave! CNN had several guests during the viewing in the library in California and the Rotunda in D.C. who acted as though he was a miserable failure. Today, the 12th, a guest on CNN compared Reagan with Clinton claiming, more or less, "They both presided over periods of economic prosperity." From what I can gather, I bel
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