Judge Declares the Declaration of Independence Unconstitutional By Mario Diaz, Esq.

Okay, so the headline is a bit premature, but it's the logical precursor to the legal philosophy of liberal extremists, isn't it?

Ever since the Supreme Court erroneously elevated Thomas Jefferson's "wall of separation between church and state" metaphor to a constitutional doctrine in the 1947 landmark decision Everson v. Board of Education, a growing sort of legal fog has been setting in on our constitutional religious freedoms, ending in what can only be described as a requirement of government hostility towards religion. This is, of course, not only a far cry from what our founding fathers intended, including Thomas Jefferson - a staunch religious liberty advocate - but it is a far cry from what "We the people" intended when the Constitution was ratified.

The many perils of reading into the Constitution a "wall of separation between church and state" where none exists came as no surprise to many of us. Nothing good ever comes from deviating from the clear text and context of the Constitution. Many well-intentioned, smart people have argued for a "living, breathing" Constitution, changing with the times and looking for small immediate "advances," but this interpretation has only one result in the long run: tyranny.

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