Light Brings Salt
Volume 2, Issue 8 February 22 , 2004
Dedicated to the
Systematic Exposition of the Word of God
“The Old
Testament prophet Amos was a sheep herder who lived back in the Judean hills,
away from the larger cities of
“But Amos
had a unique grasp of political and social issues and his poetic literary skill
was among the best of all the prophets. That familiar quote of Martin Luther
King, Jr. about ‘Justice will rush down like waters and righteousness like a
mighty stream’ are Amos’s words.
“Amos was
the first to propose the concept of a universal God and not just some tribal
deity. He also wrote that God demanded moral purity, not rituals and
sacrifices. This blunt speaking moral conscience of his time warns in Chapter
8, verse 11 of The Book of Amos, as if he were speaking to us today:
That ‘the
days will come, sayeth the Lord God, that I will send
a famine in the land. Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of
hearing the word of the Lord.
‘And they
shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even
to the east. They shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall
not find it.’
‘A famine in the land’. Has anyone more accurately described
the situation we face in
“But some will say, Amos was just an Old
Testament prophet – a minor one at that – who lived 700 years before Christ.
That is true, so how about one of the most influential historians of modern
times?
“Arnold
Toynbee who wrote the acclaimed 12 volume A Study of History, once declared,
‘Of the 22 civilizations that have appeared in history, 19 of them collapsed
when they reached the moral state
“Toynbee
died in 1975, before seeing the worst that was yet to come. Yes, Arnold Toynbee
saw the famine. The ‘famine of hearing the words of the
Lord.’ Whether it is removing a display of the Ten
Commandments from a Courthouse or the Nativity Scene from a city square.
Whether it is eliminating prayer in schools or eliminating
‘under God’ in the Pledge of Allegiance. Whether it is making a mockery
of the sacred institution of marriage between a man and woman or, yes,
telecasting around the world made-in-the-USA filth masquerading as
entertainment.
“The Culture
of Far Left America was displayed in a startling way during the Super Bowl’s
now infamous half-time show. A show brought to us courtesy of Value-Les Moonves and the pagan
“I asked the
question yesterday, how many of you have ever run over a skunk with your car? I
have many times and I can tell you, the stink stays around for a long time. You
can take the car through a car wash and it’s still there. So the scent of this
event will long linger in the nostrils of
“I’m not
talking just about an exposed mammary gland with a pull-tab attached to it.
Really no one should have been too surprised at that. Wouldn’t one expect a
bumping, humping, trashy routine entitled ‘I’m going to get you naked’ to end
that way.
“Does any
responsible adult ever listen to the words of this rap-crap? I’d quote you some
of it, but the Sergeant of Arms would throw me out of here, as well he should.
And then there was that prancing, dancing, strutting, rutting guy evidently
suffering from jock itch because he kept yelling and grabbing his crotch. But
then, maybe there’s a crotch grabbing culture I’ve unaware of.
“But as bad
as all this was, the thing that yanked my chain the hardest was seeing that
ignoramus with his pointed head stuck up through a hole he had cut in the flag
of the United States of America, screaming about having ‘a bottle of scotch and
watching lots of crotch.’ Think about that.
“This is the
same flag that we pledge allegiance to. This is the flag that is draped over
coffins of dead young uniformed warriors killed while protecting Kid Crock’s
bony butt. He should be tarred and feathered, and ridden out of this country on
a rail. Talk about a good reality show, there’s one for you.
“The desire
and will of this Congress to meaningfully do anything about any of these
so-called social issues is non existent and embarrassingly disgraceful. The
American people are waiting and growing impatient with us. They want something
done.
“I am
pleased to be a co-sponsor of S.J. Res. 26 along with Senator Allard and
others, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
“In doing
so, I stand shoulder to shoulder not only with my Senate co-sponsors and Chief
Justice Roy Moore of
"Everyone
today seems to think that the U.S. Constitution expressly provides for
separation of church and state. Ask any ten people if that’s not so. And I’ll
bet you most of them will say ‘Well, sure.’ And some will point out, ‘it’s in
the First Amendment.’
“Wrong! Read
it! It says, ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.’ Where is the word
‘separate’? Where are the words ‘church’ or ‘state.’
“They are
not there. Never have been. Never
intended to be. Read the Congressional Records during that four-month
period in 1789 when the amendment was being framed in Congress. Clearly their
intent was to prohibit a single denomination in exclusion of all others,
whether it was Anglican or Catholic or some other.
“I highly
recommend a great book entitled Original Intent by David Barton. It really gets
into how the actual members of Congress, who drafted the First Amendment, expected
basic Biblical principles and values to be present throughout public life and
society, not separate from it.
“It was
Alexander Hamilton who pointed out that ‘judges should be bound down by strict
rules and precedents, which serve to define and point out their duty.’ Bound
down! That is exactly what is needed to be done. There was not a single
precedent cited when school prayer was struck down in 1962.
“These
judges who legislate instead of adjudicate, do it without being responsible to
one single solitary voter for their actions. Among the signers of the
Declaration of Independence was a brilliant young physician from
“When Rush
was elected to that First Continental Congress, his close friend Benjamin
Franklin told him ‘We need you. . . we have a great
task before us, assigned to us by
“By the way,
Benjamin Rush was once asked a question that has long interested this Senator
from
“So, if I am
asked why – with all the pressing problems this nation faces today – why am I
pushing these social issues and taking the Senate’s valuable time? I will
answer: Because, it is of the highest importance. Yes, there’s a deficit to be
concerned about in this country, a deficit of decency.
“So, as the
sand empties through my hourglass at warp speed – and with my time running out
in this Senate and on this earth, I feel compelled to speak out. For I truly
believe that at times like this, silence is not golden. It is yellow.”