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YOU MIGHT BE A CONSTITUTIONALIST IF...
By Pastor Chuck Baldwin
August 8, 2006
NewsWithViews.com
I originally published this column back in January of 2005. Since then (and
especially lately), many people have called and written with requests to
republish it. So, here it is. Enjoy.
More than thirty years as a student of American history, constitutional
government, and the Holy Bible leads me to the conviction that the two major
political parties in this country are equally culpable in stripping America
of its founding principles. In my opinion, both the Democrat and Republican
parties in Washington, D.C., have zero fidelity to the U.S. Constitution and
zero respect for America's foundational precepts.
In my studied opinion, neither the Democrat nor Republican Party has any
intention of slowing the out-of-control expansion of government. Neither
party has demonstrated any loyalty to preserving and protecting our
constitutional form of government or shows any real resolve to saving the
lives of innocent unborn babies.
Like National Socialists and Soviet Socialists of old, the only thing that
concerns Democrats and Republicans today is who is in power. Both are
equally willing to destroy the freedoms and liberties of people without
conscience or regret as long as their party remains in control.
For this reason, I have abandoned the two major parties and am proudly
affiliated with an independent party that truly represents America's
founding principles and my convictions. That party is the Constitution
Party.
Furthermore, knowing that there are countless other patriotic, God-fearing
Americans across this nation who realize that both major parties have become
impotent and irrelevant when it comes to representing constitutional
principles, I offer the following test. Read it and see if you, too, are a
Constitutionalist. (Yes, Martha, this is another Jeff Foxworthy spin-off.)
1. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that elected leaders
should really obey the U.S. Constitution.
2. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that before the United
States invades and occupies another country, Congress must first declare
war.
3. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe the federal government
should live within its means, like everyone else is forced to do.
4. You might be a Constitutionalist if you think that taking away people's
liberties in the name of security is neither patriotic nor does it make the
country more secure.
5. You might be a Constitutionalist if you would like to see politicians be
forced to abide by the same laws they make everyone else submit to.
6. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that we have three
coequal branches of government that are supposed to hold each other in check
and balance.
7. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that the federal
government has no authority to be involved in education or law enforcement.
8. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that gun control laws do
nothing but aid and abet criminals while trampling the rights and freedoms
of law abiding citizens.
9. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that the income tax is
both unconstitutional and immoral and, along with the I.R.S., should be
abolished.
10. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe the federal government
had no authority to tell Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore that he could not
display a monument containing the Ten Commandments in the Alabama Judicial
Building in Montgomery.
11. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that neither Congress
nor the White House nor any sovereign state is required to submit to
unconstitutional Supreme Court rulings such as the Roe v Wade decision.
12. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that freedom has
nothing in common with illegal immigration.
13. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that outsourcing
American jobs overseas is not good for America.
14. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that the United States
should get out of the United Nations and get the United Nations out of the
United States.
15. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that it is not
unconstitutional for children in public schools to pray or read the Bible.
16. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that the Boy Scouts are
not a threat to America.
17. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that the federal
government should honor its commitments to America's veterans.
18. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that U.S. troops should
never serve under foreign commanders or wear the uniform or insignia of the
United Nations.
19. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that the federal
government has no business bribing churches and faith-based organizations
with federal tax dollars.
20. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that federal agents who
murder American citizens should be held to the same laws and punishments
that any other citizen would be held to.
21. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that NAFTA, GATT, the
WTO, and the FTAA are disastrous compromises of America's national
sovereignty and independence.
22. You might be a Constitutionalist if you would like to see Congressmen
and Senators be required to actually read a bill before passing it into law.
23. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that it is the job of
government to protect and secure God-given rights not use its power to take
those rights away.
24. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that there is nothing
unconstitutional with the public acknowledgement of God and our Christian
heritage.
25. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that in the beginning
God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve.
26. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that airport screeners
have no business touching women's breasts and confiscating fingernail
clippers.
27. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that many public
schools' "zero-tolerance" policies are just plain stupid.
28. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that parents have a
right to home school their children.
29. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that governmental
seizure of private property is plain, old fashioned thievery.
30. You might be a Constitutionalist if you would like to meet one single
Congressman or Senator besides Ron Paul who acts as if he or she has ever
read the U.S. Constitution.
Well, how did you fare? Are you a Constitutionalist? If you are, why not
check out the Constitution Party? Their website is at:
www.constitutionparty.com.
© 2006 Chuck Baldwin - All Rights Reserved
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Chuck Baldwin is Founder-Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola,
Florida. In 1985 the church was recognized by President Ronald Reagan for
its unusual growth and influence.
Dr. Baldwin is the host of a lively, hard-hitting syndicated radio talk show
on the Genesis Communications Network called, "Chuck Baldwin Live" This is a
daily, one hour long call-in show in which Dr. Baldwin addresses current
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