Supporting the Constitution

Last month I was honored to be selected by our town council to fill a position vacated by a member of the council. Before permitted to start, I was required to take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of Indiana and the United State and an oath of office. Later, as I thought about the responsibility I assumed, not only to my town, but to the state of Indiana and the United States I realized, I am to be a protector of the principles of the Constitution. So here goes.

Oklahoma passed a law by 70% making it illegal for judges to rely on Islamic sharia laws in deciding cases. But. . .a federal judge has temporarily blocked an Oklahoma measure that bars courts from considering Islamic Sharia law.

U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange issued the ruling in response to a lawsuit filed by the Council On American-Islamic Relations. CAIR says the voter-approved State Question 755 discriminates against Muslims.

"They imply we're trying to change life in Oklahoma - that we're trying to impose our religions on Oklahomans," Muneer Awad, executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of CAIR, said Monday, "The ruling is a reminder of the strength of our nation's legal system and the protections it grants to religious minorities".  (There are over thirty-thousand Muslims in Oklahoma—wonder how many Quakers make up a minority?)

Supporters of the measure say they will fight the judge's decision.  (Looks like this judge is “establishing a religion”---a direct violation of the Constitution.)

I find this astounding! First, the judge took an oath of office, as I did, to protect the Constitution of the United States. Which she has failed to do. Next, I am amazed that no one has mentioned, "Separation of Church and State”, but that only applies to Christians.

Are we to open the door to ecclesiastical courts? Is justice going to based on one religious affiliation? One for the Jews, one for the Catholics, one for the Mormons all based on their religious beliefs? What happens to Christians who do not have an ecclesiastical court? What happens to those who have no religious affiliation? Where are the atheist when you need one? Where is the ACLU? As a Quaker, we are up the creek without paddle. We are lucky to have a quorum for a business meeting, let alone an ecclesiastical court.

Is this really something we as Christians should be concerned with?  I say, YES! Here is why.

Sharia law is a totalitarian set of laws that is a violation of the US constitution and everything the founding Fathers saw for America. Our country has become the victim of a cultural jihad. It is the goal of Islam to eliminate the Western civilization from within by sabotaging our freedom.

One of the freedoms they will destroy is the freedom of religion. Countries ruled by Sharia law have no religious freedom. It is against Sharia law to worship outside the religion of Islam.

To make matters worse, President Obama chose Harold Koh as the legal adviser for the State Department. Koh says that there is nothing wrong with Sharia law. This man says, judges should interpret the Constitution according to other nation's legal “norms” Sharia law could apply to disputes in US courts. Koh is the man our President Obama has nominated to be a defender of American laws. President Obama also took an oath to protect the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic.

We have within our country an enemy that is both foreign and domestic and should be stopped from destroying our freedom to worship according to the dictates of our hearts.  I believe, there is no other name under heaven whereby men can be saved from their sin and find fellowship with God than that of Jesus Christ.  I also believe that under our Constitution everyone has the freedom to choose who they will serve.  If they choose wrong that is their choice.