roger williams

Enforced uniformity confounds civil and religious liberty and denies the principles of Christianity and civility. No man shall be required to worship or maintain a worship against his will. (Roger Williams)

One of Williams’ beliefs had caused particular grief among the authorities. He argued that an individual Christian would know when he was saved, but could not know about the salvation of others. Therefore, it was senseless to require a religious qualification for voting. In essence, Williams was calling for the complete separation of church and state, a position that undercut the authority of the church and civic leaders.

Roger Williams founded the state of Rhode Island.

If you get past the pomp and circumstance of the televised version of the RNC convention. If you get beyond the made for television production filled with red, white and blue. You will get the the platform of the RNC. You will see the close and closer attachment, the cozy relationship the Republicans with the aid of their puppet masters the Tea Party have with religion. And then you may be shocked to discover that Christianity, Evangelical Christianity ‘do as I say, not as I do’ Christianity is ready to become the law of the land. 

MARRIAGE: The platform affirms the rights of states and the federal government not to recognize same-sex marriage. It backs a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

ABORTION:The party states that "the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed." It opposes using public revenues to promote or perform abortion or to fund organizations that perform or advocate abortions. It says the party will not fund or subsidize health care that includes abortion coverage.

The RNC is all about small government, but loves being big about bossing you about regarding personal freedoms. The fact that we even have had discussion about what type of rape is real rape, the conclusion that the institution of marriage is doomed due to same-sex-marriage should worry us all. Arizona has joined five other states declaring that it is the American way to offer a Bible class (just the Old and New Testaments of course) in our public high schools. Go to school in Louisiana and Texas and you can find that creationism is  a part of the curriculum.

Ask Rick Santorum who spoke at the RNC Convention, and the slew of delegates voting for the next Republican nominee and they will explain to you that the Founding Fathers never really ever wanted a divide between church and state. It is a made up fact, made up by who else Liberals.

This new brand of Republicans dressed in tri-cornered hats, with tea bags draped next to their guns want an America that reads like chapter and verse in their own hypocritical Bible. They want a country filled with people like them and if there are any dissenting folk the choice for them is easy assimilate or break a law and go to hell, err I mean jail. They will tell you Jesus authored the Bill of Rights.

Roger Williams was correct when he said, “Enforced uniformity confounds civil and religious liberty and denies the principles of Christianity and civility. No man shall be required to worship or maintain a worship against his will.” This election may seem to be about the economy, but when so much time is spent on forcing God into the conversation and then trying to act as that God there is more on the line then he economy.

How foolish to think the speeches spoken on television during the Convention have any meaning. With most of this new breed of Republican politician forget the word and beware of their dirty deceiving deeds.