Separation of God and State

David Limbaugh

"Judicial Activism" raised its ugly head last week when U.S District Judge Lawrence Karlton, of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, ruled that the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance containing that dreaded phrase, "under God" is unconstitutional. The timing was perfect for those interested in bringing the Supreme Court back around to a conservative court.

It was curiously interesting that the left didn't seem too eager to align themselves with this unpopular decision even though the ruling is of the very essence of leftist philosophy. Proving once again that the left cannot openly admit what they earnestly believe in. Where's Hillary on this issue? Will anyone have the cahones to ask her?

David Limbaugh's most recent column (9-15-05) titled, Kicking God further out the Door, sheds light on the 9th Circuit ruling and he gives some pertinent history on the inclusion of God (gasp!) in American History:

Like it or not, the Constitution, rightly interpreted, allows the federal government (and the states) to "encourage" the Christian religion. As Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story (1779-1845) wrote, "Probably, at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, the general, if not the universal, sentiment in America was, that Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the State, so far as such encouragement was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience, and the freedom of religious worship."

From the beginning of our constitutional history, the government has honored the God of the Bible, from congressional chaplains, to national days of prayer, to opening prayers in the Supreme Court, to Congress's authorization in 1800 -- when the seat of government moved to Washington, D.C. -- for the Capitol building also to serve as a church building.

The Establishment Clause, like the Free Exercise Clause, was supposed to guarantee, not restrict religious freedom. But the Supreme Court, in its activist distortions, has largely turned the clause into a weapon against religion liberties, and lower courts have followed suit, and worse.

Read the entire piece. Now's the time for President Bush and for everyone on the right side of the isle to insure an "originalist" is nominated to the Supreme Court so that the Constitution won't be treated as a "living document," malleable to the whims of extreme judicial activists.