Who Is Defending Our Constitution?

The more current debate surrounding American society's definition of what constitutes "marriage" has stolen our attention with superficial distractions, lest we neglect our immediate attention from focusing on the root of this and other social debates.

While many {including this author} may find themselves in agreement with the intent of a Constitutional amendment to define and protect the historical tradition of "marriage", and understanding the contentious debate by those believing the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act suffices and protects states' rights, these arguments for either case do not address the movement to impose a new view in favor of official sanctioning of same-sex relationships by activist judges.

Those who oppose the recognition of same-sex relationships, as well as other liberal social movements, have yet to comprehend the measure of the assault on our society --- and the need for a constitutional amendment preventing the judiciary from making law.

The making of law is reserved, by constitutional article, delegating powers of authority, to the legislative branch of government. It is only through the competent powers of authority where equal representation may be present and ratified by elected officials.

Yet, we have seemingly, without contempt, surrendered these critically important issues to the power brokers whom are benefiting by feeding off of general society's laziness, inattention and selfishness. Whether it be relevant matters of education, government, foreign or social policy. The American community's time-honored values are being surrendered for short-term gratification of the prevalent selfish "me" attitude of too many. And the challenges to this misguided "justice" are being addressed by too few.

The strength of a nation, and its peoples' way of life, is based on proven principles and constitutional values. More than their individual specific statements of intent, it is the sum of their belief, influence and practice that empowers the greater society of the whole, and to wit the individual citizen.

Despite contrasting balance of professional opinion and proven historical results, our abandonment of the greater good for the demands of the rabble few, for misguided multi-culturalism and alleged respect for all opinion and fear of political correctness, ignores the needs of any society for direction provided by incontrovertible and unchanging, truths, values and principles; only whose excecution may be debated, but not their preeminence and bearing.

So who is defending our Constitution? Who is minding the store?

Society's greatest responsibility is to the stewardship of these principles; axiom on which a society's balance and ultimate survival rest.

It is our duty as Americans to defend our Constitution and champion the separation of powers --- the fundamental checks and balances underpinnings of our republican form of government.

The supremacy and endurance of the American system owes its very existence to the founding fathers' foresight and these provisions inscribed in our Constitution. It is an abomination what activist judges have done, and are doing, to rewrite the one document that was so carefully crafted to safeguard our peoples' inherent rights from the abuses of the powerful few. The corrupt influence its authors knew so well from their own immediate and personal histories.

The Constitution of our country has been taken hostage - hostage by 'interpretation' - directly in contradiction to the limited jurisdiction of the judiciary by the supreme law of the land to which judges must be bound.

Our nation must once again endorse, and enforce, bounds and limits by which society maintains order and continuity of purpose --- lest we diffuse our melting pot culture without limit into thinly disguised wisps of former nobleness.