Posted on 11/06/2012 10:11:53 PM PST by TigerClaws
Gay marriage passed in Maine and Maryland. Close in Washington and Minnesota.
CO voted to legalize weed. Washington too.
This country has turned its back on God, and people are not ashamed of it. Conservative Christians are mocked openly by the “tolerance” crowd, and that is ok, but you can march down the street naked in a gay parade, support abortion through 9 months, want redistribution of wealth, and smoke pot and be celebrated amongst the media and society.
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion . . . Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
John Adams is a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and our second President.
Benjamin Rush, Signer of the Declaration of Independence said. “[T]he only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be aid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments. Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.”
Noah Webster, author of the first American Speller and the first Dictionary said, “[T]he Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis, or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government. . . . and I am persuaded that no civil government of a republican form can exist and be durable in which the principles of that religion have not a controlling influence.”
Gouverneur Morris, Penman and Signer of the Constitution. “[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. I believe that religion is the only solid base of morals and that morals are the only possible support of free governments. [T]herefore education should teach the precepts of religion and the duties of man towards God.”
Fisher Ames author of the final wording for the First Amendment wrote, “[Why] should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book? Its morals are pure, its examples captivating and noble. The reverence for the Sacred Book that is thus early impressed lasts long; and probably if not impressed in infancy, never takes firm hold of the mind.”
John Jay, Original Chief-Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court , “The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts.”
James Wilson, Signer of the Constitution; U. S. Supreme Court Justice, “Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is divine. . . . Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants. Indeed, these two sciences run into each other.”
Noah Webster, author of the first American Speller and the first Dictionary stated, “The moral principles and precepts contained in the scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. . . All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.”
Robert Winthrop, Speaker of the U. S. House, “Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled either by a power within them or by a power without them; either by the Word of God or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible or by the bayonet.”
George Washington, General of the Revolutionary Army, president of the Constitutional Convention, First President of the United States of America, Father of our nation, “ Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society.”
Benjamin Franklin, Signer of the Declaration of Independence “[O]nly a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”
“Whereas true religion and good morals are the only solid foundations of public liberty and happiness . . . it is hereby earnestly recommended to the several States to take the most effectual measures for the encouragement thereof.” Continental Congress, 1778
http://www.free2pray.info/5founderquotes.html
Price of weed in Colorado and Washington just collapsed.
medical grows there will be selling to non dispensary out of state folks for even less than Kali
prolly a third of what they got before today
It should be “ if it feels good and you still want to do it you are required to take personal responsibility for the consequences of doing it”
We bail out the druggies poor life choices by using money stolen by government force from the non using responsible citizens.....
You get lung cancer from smokin’ pot, screw u, buy yourself a new pair of lungs, don’t come crying to the taxpayer about it.
I care a great deal about stopping homosexual marriage
pot ...i think is a state issue and could care less
smoked it myself for 13 years...might again one day
stoned years...1971-1983 and 1990-91
i actually have some Jack Herer close by if so inclined if I may be so candid
if wifey would indulge I might take one hit...it be mighty strong
When it comes to the Federal Controlled Substances Act, no matter what a state does or thinks, Federal Law or whichever is the more strict statute, takes priority.
“I live in WA. It doesn’t matter how many times these idiots vote pot in. It is still illegal under federal law. Changing state law Does Not make it legal.”
Unfortunately, Obama is in charge of the feds
A short time ago here a young kid went to jail for it and died from a food allergy because at the jail they did not make sure his meal was allergy free for him.
Additionally anyone questioning this should read this link
“One thing I know: legalized pot and gay marriage has ZERO effect on my life and livelihood. If we sacrificed votes for opposing that, we failed. This country is at an economic abyss and I couldn’t give a damn about pot and gay issues.”
There’s a reason why liberals want this stuff. And it’s not because they want to maximize freedom. They know that culture matters. You don’t but that is why they won.
Dude, don't crash their high. Seriously. They may go occupy a park or something.
You mean like US attorney John McKay? The one who spent 5 years trying to enforce federal drug laws in Seattle and learned firsthand what a waste of time and money the war on drugs has been?
You mean like US attorney John McKay? The one who spent 5 years trying to enforce federal drug laws in Seattle and learned firsthand what a waste of time and money the war on drugs has been?
[This country is at an economic abyss and I couldn’t give a damn about pot and gay issues.]
This country is at an economic abyss because the economic infrastructure reflects the systemic amoral deconstruction of the society in which it exists.
A population that accepts being stoned and perverted as “normal” can not produce a lawfully ordered and productive economy.
Only a matter of time before taxpayers fund their pot and sodomy becomes part of the school curriculum.
Would it matter to you then?
I dont currently get stoned but I must say that I am far more functional stoned than drunk. I dont see why it is viewed as a bad thing to end the working day with a joint instead of a drink.
Smoking pot doesnt necessarily mean you are stoned all day in the same way that having a drink doesnt mean you are an alcoholic.
I predicted the "gay marriage never won at the ballot box" talking-point would fall this year. This issue is lost; it's just a matter of time because demographic are not with "traditional marriage." Younger generations do not have the same values.
Coca Cola and Pepsi didn’t have to smuggle their product into the US to begin with. The big difference with illegal drugs is that drug cartels have built empires in central america exporting product to the US, and they’re ruthless in maintaining their market share. Even if pot were made legal, the cartels will retaliate to keep their market base.
Wish they’d legalized pot in Ga so I could deal with another 4 years of Obozo!
UGh!
I still CANNOT BELIEVE IT!
Well obviously you were hoping against hope. They were obviously out in force voting all last week.
Gay marriage has been lost for years, yesterday just put an exclamation point on it. There’s been at least much cynical chasing of working class Evangelical vote as principled policy view in Republicans maintaining a platform opposition to gay marriage.
Question is whither those Evangelicals now — gay marriage is set in stone and abortion repeal is more unlikely and distant than ever Obama will at a minimum drop the average age of the retain-Roe Supreme Court majority, if not expand it. A vote for someone on those issues is in a practical sense a wasted vote, no matter how strongly one feels about it.
not exactly...in the Wiemar Republic all libs & gays were persecuted.
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