Imagine for a moment that you were a lawmaker and were presented with a bill that if passed would be become law, and part of the text of the bill stated:
(a) Prohibited Activities- A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle may not engage in the following activities: (1) Attempting to influence legislation. (2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes. (7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization.
Would you vote for it? Would you want to send this to the President's desk for his signature? If you were President would you sign it? Well this particular wording was in a bill, H.R. 1388 otherwise known as the G.I.V.E. Act (Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education), it was passed in the House and Senate and on April 21, 2009 the President signed this bill into law. It has me believing that many of our legislators do not read these bills. Or if they do read them do not comprehend what the wording actually means or understand the Constitution of the United States which is despite much gnashing of teeth by some the law of the land.
This law is scary because not only does it prohibit first amendment protections of the participants, it also creates a National Civilian Defense Force. Now before we go any further let me just say Congress did have the sense to strip the Mandatory provision from this bill, yes the original intent was to force all 18-25 year olds participate in this "Volunteer Brigade". But there has already been a study commissioned by Congress to look into whether MANDATORY SERVICE would be beneficial to the youth of America. Based on the make up of the House, Senate and White House I am betting it won't be long before Mandatory becomes the law of the land. There is also a provision in the Bill for Middle School and High School Students to join in.
This law will cost WE THE PEOPLE $5.7 Billion over 6 years in dollars but will cost the youth of this country much much more. This I believe is where we as parents and US Citizens need to say enough and we need to say it loudly and with conviction. The final Bill was passed in the House with a vote of 275 to 149 and in the Senate 79-19. The only saving grace for this law right now is that Congress has not funded it. I pray that remains the case.
84/365
Today I am thankful:
1. That my laundry basket was empty for an hour!!!
2. That I will be going to the grocery store sans children in about 20 minutes.
3. For sunny weather, warm temperatures and low humidity.
4. For the early Mother's Day gifts my kids gave me, a blue tooth and a fuzzy wrap with pockets (even though the beagle boys have this insane idea the wrap belongs to them).
5. For, "Don't be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown!"~Isaiah 43:1-2
7 comments:
Wow. Interesting how long #7 is. They really wanted to be sure they covered every possible angle. I'm surprised the word "attending" isn't in there.
What? What? What? How can this happen?
On the other hand, is this much different than if one was in a military uniform? When you're on duty, you can't protest, right? I'm not sure but just thinking this through.
Dear Mel, as usual -- I want to scream when I read this type of stuff. It makes me so angry. I really don't like this democratic party.
#5 on your thankful list prompts my own gratitude. Thank you.
Hitler Youth. That's what comes out of this....
Want to read how disturbing this is; There is this site about the Hitler Youth that can be read here,Hitler Youth and it sounds so much like the GIVE act and what the viewpoint was.
The most chilling words are these He alone, who owns the youth, gains the Future!
-- Adolf Hitler, speech at the Reichsparteitag, 1935The worse thing is to try and rationlize this as a good thing.
I have a twenty year old and a seventeen year old. I am going to read this to them and see what kind of reaction I'll get. Mmmm, I think I can guess what that will be. I know my twenty year old daughter would tell them where to stick it. She is quite vocal.
Mel, what in the world is going on there in your beautiful state? Sex-ed texting? Whose bright idea was that? I thought about you when I first heard of this. FOX News had one of the people that answers the texted sex questions and he did not look like a fella I would like texting my child with advice. I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but this guy looked like someone they just hired off the street because he needed a job. He seemed really nervous.
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