We are all bound as citizens to support & defend our constitution.
The Oath of Citizenship
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/citizenship/oath.html
The Oath of Citizenship
I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen;
that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by law;
that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law;
that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law;
and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion;
so help me God.
I want to be sure that I am understood in this context. I love my country and will die for it. I have never, however, been in the military or been elected to public office. There has never been an opportunity for me to take an oath to defend the Constitution. I am sure that I would.
The point I am trying to make is that the founders of our government developed a structure that prevented the government from intruding into the inalienable rights of the citizenry. Freedom of the individual was paramount in their minds and is demonstrated clearly in the documents they created.
This inalienable freedom, not granted by the Constitution but recognized as granted by God, has been sullied in recent decades by the imposition of a government sanctioned set of freedoms.
Abortion is a prime example. It denies the inalienable right of the individual to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness when that individual is utterly dependent upon another for its survival. This turns the Constitution on its head.
The recent case of Terry Schaivo is a similar case in which the life of the individual was sacrificed to the convenience of others.
The Constitution is perfectly clear in the matter of individual freedom. It is not in the provenance of the government to restrict individual freedom unless that individual has broken their social contract by acting in ways that are morally repugnant.
When we dismiss the social contract and ignore morality we are left with a "living constitution" that must define these terms for a benighted people.