Let's Set The Facts Straight
A Message to Christians on the Eve of the 2008 Election Cycle
By Pastor Matt Trewhella The Covenant News ~ January 04, 2008
Do we want lip-service or do we want to dismantle the federal infrastructure?
Many have falsely claimed that presidential candidate Ron Paul would not support the Human Life Amendment because he simply wants to return the abortion question to the states. One lady even told me “if Paul is president and a law is passed at the federal level to outlaw abortion, he won’t sign it.” Oh, yeah, like that’s a real concern. Let’s see, the Republicans had the House, the Senate, and the Presidency for six years and how many laws were passed and sent to the President to outlaw abortion?
Let’s set the facts straight on this matter. First, in his book Abortion and Liberty, Dr. Paul makes clear that he supports the Human Life Amendment. Second, it is important to understand how the process of an amendment to the Constitution actually works. Three-fourths of the state legislatures in America have to vote in support of it! In other words, even if you have a federal amendment outlawing abortion, the “abortion question” is still going back to the states before it can be ratified!
Do you think that three-fourths of our nation’s state legislatures will ratify the amendment? I can assure you they won’t. Hence, Ron Paul supports states being enabled to enact laws outlawing abortion. This is why he introduced in 2007 his We The People Act (HR 300) which would prohibit the federal courts from making rulings that would reverse laws against abortion which are enacted by state legislatures. That’s right – Ron Paul’s We The People Act (HR 300) would prohibit the federal courts from acting on or reversing laws against abortion which are enacted by state legislatures.
Understand this also, if there is a sheriff, or district attorney, or state’s attorney general, or governor, who takes a stand against the federal tyranny of Roe v. Wade (the lesser-magistrate doctrine in action), I can guarantee Ron Paul would be the only president that would NOT send in federal agents to force the lesser magistrate back into compliance. I can assure you Mike Huckabee and all the other candidates would send in federal agents in a heartbeat to punish the lesser magistrate for resisting federal tyranny (all done of course under the phony “it’s the law of the land” argument) so that the killing of the preborn could continue.
When it comes to sodomy, all of the presidential candidates including Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee have made comments about homosexuality which are pathetic. Many Christians demagogue the fact that Ron Paul did not vote for the Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA). I would not have voted for it either because it still would have allowed civil unions for homosexuals. The only difference between “marriage” and “civil unions” is semantics; in essence they are the exact same thing. Therefore even many pro-family groups opposed the amendment or remained neutral.
The MPA even in its weakened wording did not come close to passing. What do you think the chances an amendment with actual meaning has of passing when it comes to the unscrupulous people who inhabit Washington, D.C.? Why are we looking to the federal government to undo the tyranny of immorality which the federal government itself continues to force upon the American people?
I can live with Paul’s pathetic comments more than the other candidates because his We The People Act (HR 300) would also prohibit federal courts from undoing laws against sodomy and same-sex marriage which are enacted by state legislatures. In other words, they could not do to us what they did in regards to abortion (Roe v. Wade) by shoving immorality down our throats through raw judicial tyranny.
And again be assured of this, if there were a federal judicial ruling that demanded states recognize same-sex marriage, Ron Paul would be the only president that would NOT send in federal agents to force compliance if there were a lesser magistrate who took a stand against such an unjust ruling. Mike Huckabee and all the other candidates would send in federal agents to force compliance.
I would also note that Paul would veto any Hate Crimes legislation, as he has consistently voted against Hate Crimes while a congressman. Not only that, but he would not allow any funding for pro-homosexual efforts (as is done now) to come from the federal government. In fact, he would dismantle the Federal Reserve, the Department of Education, and host of other unnecessary, unconstitutional federal agencies and practices. This is important because much of the existing federal infrastructure helps keep baby-murder, the homosexual agenda, and many other evils, intact and funded.
I am convinced that a Mike Huckabee presidency would give us mere lip-service in regards to the matters which are important to us as Christians. I’ve stomached this lip-service from the Republicans for 30 years now. I smell it all over Huckabee. Therefore I’ve decided not to sit by silently and watch this repugnant kettle of fish simmer without speaking up and throwing in my two-cents. Lip-service might suffice for those who’ve just recently acquainted themselves with politics, but for me it is a stench I abhor. We should not be happy just because someone says what you like to hear. Especially when they have no practical way to achieve the desired end.
Lip-service might be nice if you have no alternative, but in this situation we do. A Ron Paul presidency would end the status quo. It would bring huge change. It would level the playing field. Why? Because he will veto 95% of what Congress sends to him. He will begin to dismantle the federal infrastructure. He will defund a federal government gone mad. Take time to read about President John Tyler (1841-1845). He vetoed nearly everything Congress sent to him, and he opposed the establishment of a central bank. His life is an interesting read. It is the type of presidency we need today, and the type Ron Paul would deliver to us.