Why Aren’t our Judges
Smarter
than a Fifth Grader?
Quick: What’s the first freedom
guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution? If you have completed fifth grade history,
you should know this one. Here is the
text:
Congress
shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof…
Most readers of this blog knew that and
unlike most of our government officials, they probably also know what it means.
Case in point: The New Mexico Supreme
Court ruled last week against a photographer who chose not to photograph a
same-sex commitment ceremony due to her strongly held Christian beliefs. The opinion read, in part, that the
photographer and her husband “are compelled by law to compromise the very
religious beliefs that inspire their lives,” calling it “the price of
citizenship.”
Pardon my rudeness, but how do such
ignorant people become Supreme Court justices?
Their job is to uphold the Constitution, which, as noted above, is quite
clear that people can not be prohibited from exercising their religion. Of course, the Amendment refers to Congress,
but its implications are clear. The New
Mexico Supreme Court either does not know the First Amendment, or it does not
care.
This is a major sign of dangerous
times to come. Christians will not
comply with the unjust laws upheld by the court. In fact, we know that they are not actually
laws at all and are not binding on us.
We must, and we will, continue to defy them. According to the court, prepare for
persecution.
It’s bad enough that there are people
hell-bent on persecuting Christians; it is worse that they inhabit positions of
power in government. But we also have
judges (I wish the New Mexico Supreme Court was a rare exception) who willfully
trample the Constitution they have promised to uphold.
The state of the nation is clear. But now the state of the Church will become
clear. Will we persevere or will we "compromise"? Will we endure the persecutions that are
coming? If not, society is lost. But if so, it can be saved. The courage of Christians in the face of
injustice has long been the seed of the Church’s growth, along with Christian
charity.
We are being given an
opportunity. If we can endure, with
courage, charity, and faith, the politicians don’t stand a chance against us.
