Has political ineptness reached an all-time low when government
officials don’t realize a sermon is a speech? It has reached that depth in
Houston, Texas. Heretofore, I thought Texas was the state leading the way in fighting
for constitutional freedoms. Incidentally, I respect all people and persuasions
even though I may disagree with their way of thinking, but Houston Texas mayor’s
subpoena move against several area pastors is nothing but a political maneuver
to suppress dissenting voice and religious opinion.
I dislike and find, vulgar,
sacrilegious and hate language as much as anyone. But America has a protection
for its expression: It’s called the First Amendment, and I am tired of people
trampling it by improperly interpreting it as a right for only feel-good
expression or political correct reasons. Even repulsive language is protected
under that leading tenet of our Bill of Rights. And if that constitutional
decree does not protect the basest of language, then what is freedom of speech
all about? It was not a coincidence that America’s Founding Fathers saw that
liberty and power – corrupted in the wrong hands – could even be used to
suppress the very liberties and power they were trying to secure and protect we
the people.
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