The last couple of days have been a little crazy for me. Yesterday, I sprained my finger playing a different version of dodgeball in gym class. It's currently splinted right now and is giving me a hard time with everything. At least it's not broken, though.
So I've been listening to Fox News all day (it's normal for my family.) There's been a lot of talk about this contraceptive amendment to Obamacare. It bothers me that he is requiring church's to do something that may be against their beliefs. What's even more disturbing is that it completely goes against the first amendment to the Constitution. According to this, no law can be made to force any church to do something, especially if it goes against their religion. (Do not let that confuse anyone. We are still expected to obey the law. Laws just cannot be made if they abridge the religion.) Why are we ignoring the Constitution?
We've been having this problem for a while, especially with this presidential term. The Constitution is not a dead document. It has survived for 224 years and is still working. We seem to forget that our nation was founded upon this document. Without it, The United States of America would fall and we wouldn't be uniquely who we are...Americans. It's sad to say, but we disregard the Constitution when, really, it's the thing that we need most right now.
I know that some of you are thinking that it doesn't affect us anyway. But it does. Over the time I've spent studying American History (I find it rather fascinating and I had to last year for school), I've noticed one thing. Our nation is dependant on the Constitution, even when we think it's 'dead'. You see, the relationship between each citizen and the Constitution is like that of a parent and a child. Things can be perfect between the two until the child decides to disobey. The more they do so, the worse the relationship gets, and it will contitnue to dissolve until they decide to obey. As they do this, the relationship will heal until things are back to normal, if not better.
The same applies to the Constitution. If we were to go back to the principles of the Constitution, imagine where we would be? Our society is facing a lot of problems right now - a recession, high unemployment, high government spending and debt. The disregarding of our founding document helped start those problems. The first step (not the whole solution) to fixing them is going back to that document.
So how do we do it? How do we fix this problem to start fixing those other problems? It's simple, really. It starts with me, moves to you, and ends with us. To explain further, I start by identifying the problem and speaking up about it. Not only do I talk the talk, but I walk the walk and live what I tell you. Then you learn from me and do the same until we are spreading the word.
So here's the real solution. We need to stop taking what the Contitution says literally, word for word, and start looking at what it is implying. For example, even though there is no explicit list of responsibilities for the people in the Constitution doesn't mean we don't have responsibilities. Even though it never outright says that we have the freedom to make our own choices, it doesn't mean we don't have that. What is implied speaks louder than what is written, and that's what we need to focus our attention to. What is implied, or rather, the spirit of the law. To emphasize this point, the 10th Amendment even says 'any powers not delegated nor prohibited to the United States by the Constitution are reserved for the States, or respectively, the people.' This means that those previous two examples are there even though they aren't written. It means that healthcare is reserved for us - that the government doesn't have the right to choose that for us.
Well, I've done my part. Now it's time for you to do yours. Spread the word. Live the word. One day, the Constitution will stand stronger than ever, and on that day, we will go down in history. There is a vast majority of our people who are getting run over because of their silence. Don't be one of them.
It's funny. It's like this one bumper sticker says, 'Okay. Joke's over. Bring back the Constitution.' Do your part and I'll continue to do mine.
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