oped: I was born and raised in California...Heck my Grandmother on dads side is related to General Castro the Governor of California 1840's and duly noted General Castro ceded the state to Capt Fremont 1844...so Mexico has no claim to the state..they need to get over it already. As for the transplants from the east coast [mostly NYC] who invaded California the end of the 1960's forward and have slowly turned it into a bastion of liberalism,communism and perversion...sad state of affairs folks...I bailed from my beloved state way back 1994 as I saw the transformation coming to tuition! Luckily my immediate family G/mas G/pas,Dad,Mom,Older brother aunts and uncles have all passed away and don't have to see the perversion their beloved state has become...however knowing them they are rolling over in their proverbial graves with total disgust!
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On our Monday conference calls with the California Governor’s Prayer Team we always ask the Lord to cause our elected and appointed leaders to fall in love with the limitations placed on them in law and constitution. Clearly we have not prayed enough. The lawlessness of government itself becomes more brazen and more frequent with every passing month. It may even be that we need to pray for ordinary citizens to fall in love with the limitations placed on our freedom. By that I mean citizens need to re-discover the price of freedom – which is not just vigilance, but action to maintain and reclaim it.
In local matters a candidate for office in Escondido, California, placed a campaign sign in his own yard and was ordered by officials to remove it. He claimed his right to free speech was violated but liberal and conservative leaders alike told him he must obey the rules of the city even if they were unconstitutional. In the meantime, the music group Live Nation planned a concert in Los Angeles and – after they arranged the venue – were told by city officials they could hold their concert only if it were deemed a “good fit” for the neighborhood in which they would hold it. Since when are Americans required to pass a culture test administered by bureaucrats before we can play music? And where does it say in law or constitution we should obey rules that violate that constitution? Is it not the responsibility of lawmakers to make their laws consistent with the constitution and the responsibility of citizens to defy laws that are not?
The 2010 Citizens United decision of the U.S. Supreme Court held that arbitrary limits on campaign contributions by corporations begged the question that corporations are governed and funded by U.S. citizens, covered by the First Amendment. In the follow-up McCutcheon case – decided this year – the Court said restricting citizens to $2600.00 in total campaign contributions – per the McCain-Feingold Act – is an unconstitutional restriction of free speech. Yet, that same Court was perfectly comfortable saying a citizen may contribute a maximum $2600.00 each to as many candidates as they like. Can only dissenting Justice Thomas see this is still an unconstitutional restriction of free speech?
Now Californians are denied our right to a referendum on unjust laws – a right enshrined in the California Constitution. The legislature passed AB 1266 in late 2013 – the so-called Bathroom Bill – to mandate boys using girls’ restroom and shower facilities and vice versa. Outraged parents and citizens mounted an effort to place this issue on the November ballot, something we have a right to do in California, and vote it down if they could. When the petition drive began, Secretary of State Debra Bowen falsely claimed the law was in effect during the drive – state law states clearly that it is not. She refused to accept signatures from at least two counties until ordered by a judge to do so. She then asserted the petitions were 130,000 valid signatures short. When Pacific Justice Institute attempted to do an independent count – as is their right under state law – Bowen refused to turn the petitions over because – as she put it – there were privacy concerns for the signers of the petitions.
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This post originally appeared on Western Journalism – Informing And Equipping Americans Who Love Freedom
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