I see it not as a living thing, but as a bulwark, a cornerstone, a series of support pillars upon which our society is built. The Constitution is the foundation of this nation, setting forth the basic guides of governance. I see it not as something that is versatile, but as a monument, a verbal and ideal statue of massive proportions; a monument of thought surpassing all others in the realm of governance, to the nature of this nation.
We, as humans can lose sight of the goals we have all set out. I think it is important to remember that we, as citizens of this world, of any religion or creed, have responsibility to ourselves to consider this life and what we want it to mean. Our ancestors considered those things when they brought about The Constitution.
I heard someone say, "How can you possibly know what the founding father's goals were? how can you possibly know what they actually wanted to achieve?" The speaker said it with contempt. The person talking with her replied, "Well, I just believe that they wouldn't have wanted that... "
I write this today to remind you that we know EXACTLY what their motives were, in laying out the Constitution. They told us...
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
We know their goals. Now, I know that they didn't get it all right. I know that they were mere men, not deity. I know that this text is not a gospel, nor a religious text. However, I do believe that they were trying, to the best of their abilities, to take an opportunity to make the world a better place, by promoting the ideals they strove to maintain.
When you are looking for answers, do not forget to remind yourself that we, as people of this world, are working toward common goals because of our human nature.
I believe that we are all working on a similar ideology of morality because, as created by God, we are designed to. However, I will never impose my beliefs on you, not because the Constitution isn't a religious doctrine, but because our God created us with free choice.
There are people out there today who condemn anyone who doesn't believe the same exact things they believe. They want the Constitution to uphold their religious views as the definition of truth that they have fashioned. I will never support that. I will never support the idea that the Constitution should bring about condemnation for anyone based on another's religious belief. Our forebears' plan didn't want the Constitution to be a religious text. They strove to keep separate the law from the spiritual.
Yet, that is not the real reason I will never support the Constitutions imposition of religious morality on another. I will never support it because God didn't. We are all created with free will. Does HE cry-out to us? Yes. Does HE warn us? Yes. Does HE long for us to turn toward HIM and walk in the light of HIS glorious plan? YES! ... ... ...
However, He has given us F-R-E-E-W-I-L-L. We must choose to love Him, because it is our choice that glorifies HIS greatness.
We, as citizens have the right to choose the life we seek in our hearts, so long as our choices don't limit the rights of those around us. We cannot legislate morality, because in doing so, we usurp a power that God Himself doesn't often use.
Our freewill is the most inalienable right of all, because it is the only right God Himself bestowed on us. We are free to choose what we may, and I don't need a Constitution to tell me that.
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