Arizona officially condemns federal kidnapping under NDAA

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PHOENIX (April 25, 2012) – A resolution condemning indefinite detention without due process provisions written into the National Defense Authorization Act completed its journey through the Arizona legislature, garnering strong support in the House last week.

The House passed SCR1011 on April 18 by a 38-18 margin.

By passing the resolution, the Arizona legislature takes an emphatic stand against unconstitutional provisions in the NDAA.

That the Members of the Legislature condemn sections 1021 and 1022 of the 2012 NDAA as they purport to repeal posse comitatus and authorize the President of the United States to use the armed forces of the United States to police American citizens, to indefinitely detain persons captured within the United States without charge until the end of hostilities as purportedly authorized by the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, to subject persons captured within the United States to military tribunals, and to transfer persons captured within the United States to a foreign country or foreign entity.

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Are we doing all we can?

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An Open Letter to Missouri Legislators:

Obamacare is the greatest threat to America in our lifetime.  We must each ask, “Are we doing all we can to fight it?”

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April 24, 2012

The Missouri Constitution makes it clear — the “principal office” government is to protect the liberty of the people.  (Article I, Sec. 2)

That means they should make defeating the greatest threat to liberty the TOP PRIORITY!

This new short video from explains some of the most onnerous aspects of this huge federal power grab called “Obamacare”.

Watch it:

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Religious Nullification – Part I – HHS Mandate

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For the better part of a year, I have personally wanted to start a series on the religious history of Nullification, both in America and worldwide, even before the beginning of America and in some cases before the existence of Christianity. The recent showdown over the US Bishops and the Obama administration over the HHS mandate regarding abortion and contraceptive funding in health insurance plans has opened up that door with a modern day example.

While the Catholic Church has been the most visible player on this issue, Orthodox Christian, Protestant and Jewish leaders have voiced their solidarity with the Catholic Bishops in their opposition to the HHS mandate.  There were also examples in my research of Muslim leaders joining in interfaith protests against the mandate, and brief mentions in the media of Muslim organizations joining in, but I personally found little on Muslims generally supporting or opposing the mandate.

While perhaps not every Tenther is opposed to abortion and contraception, to force religious employers, or even non-religious employers whose personal convictions forbid one from paying for things that conflict with their conscience, is a clear violation of the First Amendment, and unjust in general.

One’s religion is much more than what one does for an hour or two on Sunday, Saturday or any other day of the week. Most religions have rules governing not just how their adherents worship, but also how they carry themselves in day to day life. And in some cases, the violation of some of those rules results in de facto and/or public excommunication from that religion.

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Ohio Considering Tenth Amendment Resolution

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There is a growing understanding that the federal government has become too big, to demanding and exceeds the enumerated powers listed in the Constitution, and to that end, more and more states are reaffirming their sovereignty through resolutions based on the Tenth Amendment.

The main thrust of SCR 24 is “To reassert the principles of federalism found throughout the Constitution of the United States of America and embodied in the Tenth Amendment, to notify Congress to limit and end certain mandates, and to insist that federal legislation contravening the Tenth Amendment be prohibited or repealed.”

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