Via TJ via Atrios a post by Max Blumenthal about the Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration's most heavily promoted piece of legistlation:
"...the 'Constitution Restoration Act,'" [is] "a bill relentlessly promoted during the conference that authorizes Congress to impeach judges who fail to abide by "the standard of good behavior" required by the Constitution. If they refuse to acknowledge "God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government," or rely in any way on international law in their rulings, judges also invite impeachment."
TJ does a fine smackdown of the rationale behind the Restorationists, using (among others) the words of none other than that wild-eyed terra'ist, Thomas Paine:
"I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.
"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."
...and that liberal libertarian libertine (just jokin', Martha) George Washington:
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
Check out the links in the original.
By all means, Restore the Constitution- keep your God to yourself.
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