Post by TomLine on Mar 25, 2015 23:39:17 GMT -5
RESCUE AMERICA
by Tom Lineaweaver
by Tom Lineaweaver
One day, the old hymn of the church, "Rescue the Perishing," was going through my mind. Then it came to me that's what America needs, rescuing. Hence the slogan, "Rescue America."
Rescuing America is what my campaign for President of the United States of America is all about. I believe getting back to the Constitution, good Economic plans, good Foreign Policy, and a strong Defense will rescue America from the problems we are having today.
But there is more. America faces spiritual problems. Our moral decay has reached an alarming level. It seems the solution to many problems are anger and rage. Often this leads to murder. But we also see this with abortion, and same sex marriage becoming more and more acceptable. Therefore, when I am President, there will be an acknowledgement of Almighty God in the White House again. Our founding fathers acknowledged Almighty God, and it is not unconstitutional to do so. I might even attend services in the Capitol Building as some of the earlier Presidents did.
It is no exaggeration to say that on Sundays in Washington during the administrations of Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) and of James Madison (1809-1817) the state became the church. Within a year of his inauguration, Jefferson began attending church services in the House of Representatives. Madison followed Jefferson's example, although unlike Jefferson, who rode on horseback to church in the Capitol, Madison came in a coach and four. Worship services in the House--a practice that continued until after the Civil War--were acceptable to Jefferson because they were nondiscriminatory and voluntary. Preachers of every Protestant denomination appeared. (Catholic priests began officiating in 1826.) As early as January 1806 a female evangelist, Dorothy Ripley, delivered a camp meeting-style exhortation in the House to Jefferson, Vice President Aaron Burr, and a "crowded audience." Throughout his administration Jefferson permitted church services in executive branch buildings. The Gospel was also preached in the Supreme Court chambers.
Jefferson's actions may seem surprising because his attitude toward the relation between religion and government is usually thought to have been embodied in his recommendation that there exist "a wall of separation between church and state." In that statement, Jefferson was apparently declaring his opposition, as Madison had done in introducing the Bill of Rights, to a "national" religion. In attending church services on public property, Jefferson and Madison consciously and deliberately were offering symbolic support to religion as a prop for republican government.
Jefferson's actions may seem surprising because his attitude toward the relation between religion and government is usually thought to have been embodied in his recommendation that there exist "a wall of separation between church and state." In that statement, Jefferson was apparently declaring his opposition, as Madison had done in introducing the Bill of Rights, to a "national" religion. In attending church services on public property, Jefferson and Madison consciously and deliberately were offering symbolic support to religion as a prop for republican government.
I might even preach. It's part of the free exercise clause of the First Amendment.
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LET US RESCUE AMERICA THE PERISHING TOGETHER