Reconstituted

I am continually astonished by how the masses seem to either turn a blind eye to or buy into such blatantly hypocritical deceptions. It seriously just blows my mind. These things seem to be so clear and simple — and yet, so many are oblivious to it. This government was in fact created “of the people and for the people”, with a constitution designed to protect the rights of the American citizens: meaning individuals. In other words, the constitution is for the people! Somehow, it seems that far too many ‘people’ are thoughtlessly willing to surrender this protection. Not only to yield, but to go so far as to transfer these rights from the body of individual citizens to the lawyers of corporate giants. It is as if David were to humbly surrender his slingshot and stone at the feet of Goliath.

Corporate lawyers, executives and a variety of other greed blinded people seem to suffer from such tunnel vision on the “what do I get out of it” aspect of everything, that they chronically fail to recognise that many things are designed for the benefit of the general public; not just the ruling class or your special interest group. For example let’s look at the original purpose of Separation of Church and State, and how it is so grossly twisted and misinterpreted.

It’s very simple. Freedom of religion. Freedom from religious persecution. The right to practice a religion of your choice: even if your religion is perceived to be outside of the mainstream. It is a law of the people, by the people to protect the people from being told by their government that any particular religious doctrines are the official doctrine of the state; and thus isolating other religions from acceptance. No one should be persecuted, ostracised or otherwise shunned for having a less than conventional spiritual path. That is the reason for separation of church and state.

But the conservatives have warped this. They paint advocates of the Constitutional Separation of Church and State as being “anti-God”. It seems that they would have that part of the constitution abolished, provided that the Christian Judea flavors of Church were the only ones allowed to commingle with State. But what is most troubling about this to me is that part where they portray separation of church and state as an attack on God. Here’s the news flash, Righty… The whole point of separation of church and state is the fact that there are many religions and spiritual philosophies. They all involve belief in some sort of Deity – just not necessarily your God. But just as you arrogant conservatives seem to believe that you own patriotism, you also think you own the word God. I’m pleased to be the one to tell you — The word God is rightfully used in reference to the “supreme beings” believed in by people of many other spiritual mindsets. You see, that wrathful God that you worship/fear… the one that supposedly hates fags… well, it may be the meanest God on the block, but in this country it does not own the block. Because our Constitutional Separation of Church and State says that my God has an equal place at the table. That’s the reality of it. That's what separates us from places like Iraq and Iran. The reality is that separation of church and state is very pro-God.
It's pro-everyone’s-God.

And while we’re on the subject, please stop imposing characters from your religion onto other people’s religions. In the self-righteous glory of your narcissistic ignorance, you righties seem determined to characterize all Pagans as “Satan Worshipers”. Well here’s some more information which I will turn sideways in hopes that I might squeeze it into your narrow mind; now focus: Satan is a character from YOUR book. Most Pagans don’t even believe in the existence of any such character, therefore it is not likely that they are worshiping it. Really. To most pagans, Satan is nothing more than a cartoon character. The Satan that you believe in is all yours. So do the rest of us a favor and keep him to yourself.

Now, to finally get to the point of this rant. On the news this morning, I heard a report about a legal case, in which a corporate restaurant chain is fighting compliance with ingredients disclosure regulations. Regulations which are designed to protect the health of you, me and our children. The lawyers representing this corporation are calling it a violation of their client’s constitutional freedom of speech rights. They argue that by being forced to post a list of ingredients, their client (a corporation, not an individual) is being forced to speak, thereby having their rights violated.

So here is an other classic example of a constitutional amendment, which was created to protect people, being hijacked by a corporate lawyer to empower a corporation to potentially harm people. Can’t you see it? They are not only rubbing salt in your wounds – but it’s your fucking salt!