Years of Self-Governance under God’s Law

As we celebrate two-and-a-half centuries of America’s Representative Republic as defined by its one-of-a-kind Constitution of self governance under God’s Law, what grade would you give your generation in living up to the duties and responsibilities that are integral to self-governance? Lets see:

How many elected officials today do you know who govern using the Principles of Freedom? How many of our local judges and school board members know that the first textbook the Library of Congress issued for all students was the Bible? Or, that the purpose was to teach the shared moral code and our God-given rights to self-govern and the public/private duties to keep them?

What were we thinking in the 1960’s when we decided prayer and the Bible in the classroom violated the “separation of church and state” clause of the Constitution? How many know there is no such clause in the Constitution? Or, that removing God from the classroom is one of the 45 goals of Communism?

An educated electorate is one of the Principles of Freedom. Educated in what? Critical Race Theory? Gender Studies? Have we lost our ability to discern right form wrong, good from not good? How did that happen?

The Israelite’s had to wander in the dessert for 40 years in order for the two generations to pass who knew only government by enslavement of tyrants. Saul Alinsky developed and taught at the University of Chicago his Marxist 40 year plan to overthrow a government from the inside out, without a shot being fired. Was he waiting for the last two generations of Americans to pass who had grown up learning to self-govern by God’s Natural Law?

VLS’s goal is to restore the US Constitution by restoring awareness of the Principles of Freedom and the responsibilities and duties necessary to keep them. You are invited to help.

PRINCIPLES & DUTIES OF LIBERTY

Find the complete discussion of the principles and duties of liberty in:
The 5000 Year Leap, by W. Cleon Skousen at www.nccs.net or 208-645-2625

Here is a partial list of the public & private responsibilities and duties to keep our God-given rights to self-govern.

The Duty to:

1. Honor God and God’s Natural Law
2. Not to take another’s life, except in self-defense
3. Not to steal or destroy the property of another
4. Be honest in all transactions with others
5. Honor and obey one’s parents and elders
6. Protect, teach, feed, clothe and provide shelter for children
7. Support law and order and keep the peace
8. Not to contrive through a covetous heart to despoil another
9. Provide, insofar as possible, for the needs of the sick, crippled, injured and poverty-stricken
10. Honorably perform contracts and covenants both with God and man
11. Be temperate
12. Become economically self-sufficient
13. Not trespass on the property or privacy of another
14. Maintain integrity of the family structure
15. Perpetuate the race
16. Not to promote or participate in the vices, which destroy personal and community life
17. Perform civic responsibilities: vote, assist public officials, service in official capacities when called upon, stay informed on public issues, volunteer where needed
18. Not aide or abet those involved in criminal or anti-social activities
19. Support personal and public standards of common decency
20. Follow the rules of moral rectitude (Rectitude is a quality or attitude shown by people who behave honestly and morally according to accepted standards.)