Coming Together to Celebrate the Values that Unite Americans! Why Should We Celebrate – and Defend- the Ten Amendments?
“Because it is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties.” -James Madison, 1785 Powerful organizations have been taking advantage of current events to undermine the principles that have kept Americans free for 219 years. Free speech is confined to fenced-in zones. Privacy is invaded without warrant. Citizens are held without formal charges and without legal counsel. Most threatening, religious activists are seeking to install God in our government. Groups like the Ten Commandments Day Commission and millions of followers are lobbying to make the Ten Commandments the law of the land, a move that would replace everyone’s civil liberties with the Commission’s religious preferences. This attempt to align the power of government with the authority of God challenges the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and endangers the rights protected by the other Nine. It is proper to take alarm and take action. Here you will find the resources you need to learn about the Bi
