Shitting On The 1st Amendment

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

I love it when I wake up and see a news story that tells me all about how today's judges are pissing and shitting all over the Constitution. It makes me absolutely fucking sick. This isn't finding loopholes, or mild skirting of our historical constitutional protections. This is full out pissing and shitting. For those who can't sink down to my level of colorful vocabulary, I will rephrase. They are fully and blatantly doing things that the constitution says shall never happen. I hope that was simple enough.

From Richmond, Virginia... Heh, Virginia, our first colony. It makes me fucking sick that of all places for this to be happening, it's here.

"An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a Virginia law that requires public schools to lead a daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, rejecting a claim that its reference to God was an unconstitutional promotion of religion." Ok, so let's lay this out before I get into the details of the story. The 3 judge panel on this appeal's court upheld a law that was challenged. That law being a mandatory recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. It's a good law, but the problem isn't with the law. The problem is with the Pledge, and that problem makes the law unconstitutional. This isn't even debatable. It's a fact. The law is unconstitutional. And why is that? Let's look at the pledge.

"I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

That's all great for kids to be reciting every morning. Except for that whole "one nation under God" part. Look up at the first paragraph. See that bold text? That's our very first amendment. The first, and the grand daddy of them all. Those first words of this first amendment say "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."

Well, the whole problem is that Congress did make a law respecting an establishment of religion. They did it with this law that requires children to recite the pledge and they did it in 1955. What happened in 1955? Well believe it or not, that whole "one nation under God" part was never a part of the Pledge. A religious fanatic who somehow managed to become president lead the campaign in getting that part added to the pledge. In 1955, Congress added it, along with "In God We Trust" on our money.

First of all, put yourself in President Eisenhower's mindset. You become president, and you think it's actually a good idea to add your beliefs into the fucking Pledge of Allegiance and all over our money. This is the type of behavior you'd expect from tyrants and dictators. But somehow, the American people let it happen. So just know that this whole "one nation under God" thing is relatively new.

There is no disputing this. When you, by law, must refer to yourself and your nation as one nation under God, you are obeying a law that is made based on an establishment of a religion. It's not fucking allowed. It should have never happened in 1955, and this fucking 3 member panel of dead weight cocksuckers who didn't strike this law down need to be shot and killed. They're not real Americans.

When you are a fucking Judge, your only job is to interpret the law and the constitution. Because they did not strike down this law, they have clearly shown their incompetence along with their complete inability to judge.

There is no dispute. There is nothing to argue. "One nation under god" in our Pledge, in and of itself does not infringe on the constitution. However, when you are forced, by state law, to recite that Pledge in a state school, then that is in complete violation of the first amendment.

Like I said, there's no debating it. You can't get into semantics. You can't find loopholes, and you can't skirt it. It's an establishment of religion that children are forced to recite. Children are forced to acknowledge a God. And this pisses and shits on the amendment that gives me the very write to say what I'm saying.

Let's get into this article a little bit before I burst a vein in my brain due to the anger that this fucking shit is causing me. The lawyer who was going against the state on this case said, "The problem is that young school children are quite likely to view the pledge as affirming the existence of God and national subordination to God," Remes said. "The reference to God is one of the few things in the pledge that children understand."

Think back and remember if you can. I know I can, and he is exactly right. I'm upset that I didn't think of this point. When you're a young child in school, that entire pledge is complete fucking gibberish except for that God part. I remember, and he is right. Honestly, I'm not just saying this because it fits my argument. In all truthfulness, I remembering reciting the pledge like a zombie and only understanding two parts. Pledging Allegiance and God. When I was little, religion was not forced upon me. School is where I got the idea of God and where I got the idea that we were a nation under God. But that isn't true. I'm speaking honestly, and I am not just saying this because it fits my fight. This is all truth, and I don't think that 7-8 year old Matt was a whole lot different than all the other kids.

So with that being said, you have to understand how powerful the pledge becomes to a child reciting it. The lawyer made a great point, and he is exactly right because I remember. All those big words in the pledge, a child does not understand. He or she may know what the words mean, but they don't understand the statements. Republic? What does it stand for? One nation under God? Oh I know who God is, I get that. Indivisible? What's indivisible? What is with liberty? Justice for who? See what I'm saying? The pledge was written for adults, not children. A child really gets "One nation under God" compared to all of the other stuff in that short little recitation. It's brainwashing. I know this for a fact, because I remember.

Let's analyze Judge Williams' decision. "Undoubtedly, the pledge contains a religious phrase, and it is demeaning to persons of any faith to assert that the words 'under God' contain no religious significance," Judge Karen Williams wrote. "The inclusion of those two words, however, does not alter the nature of the pledge as a patriotic activity."

You insane, lying bitch. This fucking woman needs to be thrown off the bench and be forced to convert to Islam, just so she knows how it feels to have a religion forced down your fucking throat. She admits that the Pledge contains a religious phrase, and she even admits that it would be demeaning to people who believe in God to say that the words "under God" contain to religious significance. It's not just "under God." It's the whole phrase. "One nation under God." That is the problem. It is a declaration that we are one nation under God. She knows it, but Judges are elected at this level and not appointed and they have to worry about getting reelected when it comes to very important cases like this.

She goes on to say that the inclusion of those two words (actually it's the 4 fucking words that's the problem) do not alter the nature of the Pledge, which is a patriotic activity. That fact is absolutely irrelevant. The fact of the matter is, as of 1955, the Pledge contains an establishment of religion and to force children to recite this establishment of religion is to be unconstitutional. And if you're a judge, acting unconstitutionally, then you should be punished severely. There is no debate.

I only wonder how much longer I will be able to sit here and do this before a President, a Congress, or a Judge decides it'll be a good idea to stop brilliant people who are too smart for their own good from speaking their mind. It'll happen sooner or later. They're pissing and shitting on our 1st amendment, and no one seems to care except for me. Probably because I love it so much. It's ok though. They'll start screwing with your favorite amendment sooner or later. Then maybe once everyone has their favorite freedom taken away, we might do something about it. Fucking fake democracy.