America: Sacrificing Foundational Principles for Transitory Issues

The rule of law is a founding principle. Gay marriage is an issue. A nation governed by law, not men, is a founding principle. Welfare is an issue.

When Congress, with its 435 members of the House and 100 members of the Senate, passed, and President Cinton signed into law, the Defense of Marriage Act, that was representative government. Our elected representatives acted on our behalf and the affirmation that marriage was the union between one man and one woman was the law of the land.

But when President Obama unilaterally refused to abide by the law, that was the rule of men.

When Congress passed, and President Clinton signed into law, the work requirement for welfare, that was representative government and the rule of law.

When President Obama unilaterally took the work requirement out of the law, that was the rule of men.

This dangerous departure from a basic, foundational principle is a primary source of the division we face in America today. Without its founding principles, America would be just another average nation, standing for really not much of anything, its people mostly looking out for their own self-interests.

That so many Americans don’t seem to realize the enormity of such a foundational shift, and how much we as Americans have to lose, tells me one of two things:

Either they don’t know or they don’t care.