First Amendment to the Constitution

First Amendment to the Constitution
Freedom of Religion and Conscience: Defend it! – www.cinopsbegoneblogspot.com – Sat. Mar. 31/12

On Friday, March 23rd at noon to 1 P.M., there were rallies throughout the country protesting AN UN-AMERICAN Obama Health and Human Service Mandate. This mandate violates our freedom of religion and conscience protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. The first three lines read: “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”

I attended a small rally at the busy corner of Harbor Blvd. and Katella in Orange County, California. There was a Catholic Conference going on at the Convention Center and a lot of tourists attending Disneyland. It was a positive experience and lessons to be learned. My corner had a two-faced sign on a pole which read: “Life – The First Inalienable Right” and “Defend Religious Freedom/Conscience- First Amendment to the Constitution.”There were other signs. Our corner did not pass out any literature. Next time or wherever, educational materials must be passed out.

Why? Do you remember pro-life had great rallies in January in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco? Over all, these gatherings of 300,000 and 50,000 were unreported by the news media. We are dealing with two-faced doubled standard news outlets and in their template Christian news goes unreported. The Hollywood inspired secular religion will receive all kinds of promotion.

"We are focusing on fundamental issues and most people are uninformed. We need to educate ourselves. Our Sunday Visitor pamphlet, “Religious Liberty and Catholics” may help us.

“First, the concerns of religious liberty transcend the immediate controversy over the funding of contraceptives. There are many disparate threats that impact Catholic and religious organizations. Second, contraception is an issue only because the regulations would force Catholic organizations and individuals to violate their own beliefs and the teachings of their Church. THIS IS A RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ISSUE FIRST AND FOREMOST…

“To explain the position of religious believers, one must know a bit about what religious liberty means for Americans. When the framers of the U.S. Constitution adopted the Bill of Rights, they sought to protect a series of rights not until then explicitly guaranteed in the Constitution. THE VERY FIRST OF THESE RIGHTS IS FREEDOM OF RELIGION… The founders of our country were insistent that the government should never establish an official religion. [That includes a secular religion.] This was the case in many European countries.

"In addition they had the highest regard for the freedom of conscience. Our first president, George Washington, said, “The conscientious scruples of all men should be treated with great delicacy and tenderness; and it is my wish and desire, that the laws may always be extensively accommodate to them…” [FYI – the movie “October Baby” is a must see.]

George H. Kubeck – We can discuss all these matters further when we meet on the first and third Thursday of each month from 9 to 10 A.M. at McDonalds, below Valley View and Ball Rd., Cypress. Also we need to make hard choices. You may like Ben & Jerry Ice Cream, but that corporation is financing the OCCUPY Movement. In like manner delicious and expensive Star Buck’s Coffee is promoting and financing fake same-sex marriage.