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Thomas Jefferson was not a fan of having a constitution giving power to the federal government. He was in favor of the states having their own laws independent of the federal government. His view was that the individual states should not be beholden to a larger more powerful entity as that was what the Revolution was fighting against. As we all know today, Thomas Jefferson was not successful in his desire to defeat the implementation of a constitutional republic as our country is in deed beholden to the Constitution of the United States of America.
Subsequent to the ratification of the Constitution, Jefferson championed the idea that the Constitution should, in fact, be done a way with periodically because one generation should not be bound to the laws of a previous generation. As times and civilizations change, the laws should change to fit the needs of the people and the times in which they live.
With all the debate and vitriolic behavior towards one another concerning various political agendas, I deem it to be necessary that the country to "start over." Notions such as same-sex marriage, abortion, etc. were not major concerns for the founding fathers of this nation so they were (among many other ideologies) never addressed in the Constitution. Today, these items need to be addressed and put to bed once and for all as we are ever increasingly becoming a more divided nation.
I, for one, agree with
Mr. Jefferson's idea of an evolving government. I am of the belief
that the individual states should have more power than the federal
government because the state government is closer and more accessible
to the citizenry. For a government of the people, by the people and
for the people to truly succeed, the people need better access to it in
order for it to achieve its original intents.
"A little revolution now and then is a good thing; the tree of liberty
must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and
tyrants." (Thomas Jefferson, 1787)
The Mormon church has been very prominent in the national media lately due to the running of Mitt Romney for President of the United States. Why is there so much scrutiny and questioning of this particular religion? Every other candidate has a professed belief in a religion yet their beliefs are not under the microscope like those of Mitt Romney. So that leads me to only one question: Why is everyone afraid of the Mormons?
I am not a member of the Mormon church but having lived in Utah for sometime now, I have come to know a little bit about this church as many of my neighbors and co-workers are members. While I do not agree with many tenets of their beliefs, they do not seem as peculiar to me as the media and the so-called "anti-Mormons" want us all to believe.
If it is o.k. to speak bad of the religion of Mitt Romney and force him to explain its doctrine to ensure the American people that his leadership will not be dictated by the prophet in Salt Lake City, then should not every candidate be subject to the same treatment?
In a country that boasts the freedom of religion for all citizens, it seems very apparent to me that hypocrisy is increasingly becoming the "religion" that will never be separate from the state.
