You know, I’m starting to think this is a thing.
Weasel Zippers reports that Barack Obama omitted the “Creator” as the source of his “unalienable rights” on Monday at a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). This is the third time he’s done this in recent memory.
Here’s what he said:
As wonderful as the land is here in the United States, as much as we have been blessed by the bounty of this magnificent continent that stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific, what makes this place special is not something physical. It has to do with this idea that was started by 13 colonies that decided to throw off the yoke of an empire, and said, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that each of us are endowed with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
The first time he did it the White House said it was all just a big mix up. But now that it’s the third time.
Hmmm…I wonder who he thinks grants rights to people.
October 20, 2010 at 3:41 am
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE AND GOD
This is posted elsewhere but this piece came up and it seems to fit.
Faith in God is a gift from God. Religion is man’s response to the gift of Faith from God. Religion may be separated from state as the state may not impose anyone’s way of praising God unless the other PERSONS request to know how a particular individual responds to God’s gift of Faith as did St. Francis, Saint Ignatius, Saint Anthony. Religion is to be separated from the state. GOD IS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE STATE. The state is constituted by each and every sovereign person, citizens, who are endowed by “OUR CR EATOR WITH UNALIENABLE RIGHT AND THAT AMONG THESE RIGHTS ARE LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.” (The Declaration of Independence). God, the Supreme Sovereign Being, informs the state with authority through the sovereign personhood of every human being created.(Obama would have to create the sovereign person who constitutes the state to take credit for endowing unalienable rights. Obama would then OWN all the sovereign persons, citizens, whom he has created. God alone has a patent, a copyright on man and God is willing freedom for humankind)
As Jesus Christ, standing before Pontius Pilate said: “You would have not power except that it is given to you from above”
When the state refuses to acknowledge God, the sovereign person is denied all endowed, unalienable civil rights set forth in The Declaration of Independence and in our Constitution’s First Amendment. FREEDOM to acknowledge God, to speak and write about God, and free association with God IS NOT ENDOWED BY THE STATE. When one PERSON is denied civil rights, all PERSONS are denied civil rights. THE SOVEREIGN PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST IS DENIED THE MENTION OF HIS NAME IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE. The sovereign person may not express his belief in God, may not write or speak about his belief in God and may not assemble peaceably to exercise his belief in God.
The SUPREME SOVEREIGN BEING, GOD, CREATES THE SOVEREIGN PERSON, THE HUMAN BEING, WHOSE SOVEREIGN PERSONHOOD CONSTITUTES THE STATE, LITERALLY AUTHORIZES THE STATE TO BE. The state must acknowledge God’s creation to authorize citizenship and civil law.
There is only ONE SUPREME SOVEREIGN BEING as two would preempt each other and the necessity of two is irrational.
October 20, 2010 at 4:25 am
matthew, you got it absolutely right, Obama sees himself as the source of all our rights.
October 20, 2010 at 4:57 pm
once is a fluke….two is a coincidence… three is a pattern
IOW it's intentional and the reason is clear.
October 20, 2010 at 6:11 pm
The second time he did it, I was willing to give him a pass. I chalked it up to stubborness. I could almost hear Obama saying to himself, "I'm not going to mention God this time because if I do, then it will show that I'm conceding something, that I'm admitting I was wrong the first time."
But, now that he's done it a third time, I've got to say that I think he really does want to eliminate God from our public discourse.
October 20, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Mary- I like your post- I'm glad that we don't have a state religion, but when our president refuses to acknowledge the creator, that's when I get a little bit scared for the country
October 21, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Wow! Can I hear a 1…2…3 Strikes you're out call here? No, I know that would be too much to ask…*sigh* 2012 you can't come fast enough!