I find it interesting that a liberal would make a comparison to religion and government when it is a hallmark stance for liberals to keep the two completely separated. There must be a reason for this separation, including the reasons our Founding Fathers clarified this separation in the Constitution.
Religion is subjective and clearly antiquated in certain text. Perhaps that is why it is
not the law in this Country, unlike others. The Constitution
is law and is written not in metaphor but, in literal lay man's terms.
The 5th Amendment to the US Constitution:
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Now, we all know or at least we should know, that the last sentence of this Amendment has been in violation by the Federal and State Governments for some time through Eminent Domain.
In 2010, this Administration was trying to move the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed—the self-proclaimed planner of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001—and four co-conspirators in the colonnaded federal courthouse flanking the square, rather than in a military commission at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Thus giving them the same rights as American citizens.
Then at the end of 2011, in total opposition of the 5th Amendment to the US Constitution, illegally votes to suspend these Constitutional guaranteed rights for American citizens. This is not a metaphor or some outdated prejudice, that is a reference to a subjective interpretation of an old document. And, it matters not which politically affiliation these politicians who voted for NDAA associate themselves with.
I think it is time for you and others to own your position. Just come on out and say that you hate this Country, the Constitution and what our Founding Fathers created that lead to the longest living democracy in the history of this planet.