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To: betty boop
I earnestly join in your prayer for our country, dearest sister in Christ!

The Framers — who were Christians — would have said that an unconstitutional law is "a nullity"; that is, it has no force and is not binding on the People; it doesn't factually exist as any kind of "law" under our Constitution. Our secular government is the Constitution "writ large." It is to the Constitution that we ultimately owe our fealty at the secular level, not to any man, be he president, senator, congressman, judge, attorney general, etc., etc.

Indeed, and who knows - if the courts do try a nationwide gag order on the pro-life movement, it might be the last straw. If so, we'd see widespread civil disobedience with the backing of churches great and small.

An Alamo-Girl can dream, can't she?

547 posted on 06/09/2009 10:47:53 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
An Alamo-Girl can dream, can't she?

Yes she can, most assuredly! And so can a betty boop! :^) I can't imagine the American public would tolerate a government ban on speech on a matter of such vital public importance. Especially since the Constitution envisions a highly active role for citizens in framing the public debate on questions precisely of this kind....

Must get back to work dearest sister in Christ — I'm in-progress writing to you re: numbers!

548 posted on 06/09/2009 11:29:14 AM PDT by betty boop (Tyranny is always whimsical. — Mark Steyn)
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