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Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Rule of law

Posted by: Hammer / 12:33 PM

Jody Brown at Agape describes the position of the advocates for the establishment of fundamentalist theocracy:
Defiance of Judicial Tyranny? But a noted evangelist has suggested that Governor Bush disregard those judicial orders and intervene. Dr. D. James Kennedy of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale says Bush has "both the authority and the duty to do so under the state constitution."

The pastor points out that the Florida constitution states that "all natural persons, female and male alike, are equal before the law, and have inalienable rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life" -- and that "no person shall be deprived of any right because of ... physical disability." And the governor, says Kennedy, has "supreme executive power" -- as well as the constitutional duty -- to see that the laws of the state are carried out faithfully.

According to Kennedy, says WorldNetDaily, the governor is sworn to uphold the constitution and obligated to safeguard this constitutional guarantee of the "inalienable right ... to enjoy and defend life."

"The governor may not disregard that obligation even if a member of the judiciary has ordered otherwise. He is not bound by a court order that is at odds with a constitutional guarantee," Kennedy says.

Is it sedition? In a way. Kennedy is urging the governor to disregard the constitutional limits on his power. In essence, he wants to overthrow the judiciary, specifically the judiciary's role in interpreting state and federal constitutions.

Fundamentalist extremists, regardless of affiliation, only care about imposing their religious views on others. They would love to bend the instrumentalities of government to that end. Americans face a choice -- accept the steady erosion of personal belief to fundamentalist Christian dogma, or celebrate a country full of different faiths and traditions.

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