Restoring America's Moral Fabric--the beginning

Moses: a public servant

Almost everyone has heard the expression, "a picture is Worth 1,000 words."  Can you imagine what a mural is worth?  On the side of an old building in Athens, Texas (at the corner of College and Prairieville) there is a mural portraying justice.  It reads, "Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court for the Lord will take up their case and plunder those who plunder them."  Proverbs 12:22,23.

Portrayed Justice

In the center of the mural is the blindfolded Lady Justice--symbolic of our justice system.  She is blinded to represent impartiality, holds a sword to represent the courts coercive power and a scale to balance what is fair in competing human claims.  To the left of Lady Justice, is Moses at Mount Sinai handing down the commandments to the people.  It was on that mountain that God, in the form of a burning bush, spoke to Moses.  To the right of Lady Justice, is a modern day court in session.  Connecting the dots, our legal system stems from the bible--from God.  If we remove God from America, we will have to remove all laws thus associated. 


"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." --Plato

We live in a society that demands justice.  We want someone to pay.   The same happens in our court system.  Sure we have a judge, attorneys for prosecution and defense, a jury of our peers, instructions to not prosecute beyond "reasonable doubt," judgement and sentencing.  It's a democratic system that we often take for granted and fail to examine from where justice comes.

Commandments in Action

Justice is critical in our system of government.  It is part of our moral fabric that holds society together.   Fairness and Justice are not equal, though in American society we tend to believe in this falsehood.  There are also variations on the justice theme:  Utilitarianism, Retributive justice, Law of Retaliation, Restorative Justice, Distributive justice (redistribution of wealth and power) and Oppressive Law ("an authoritarian approach to legislation that is 'totally unrelated to justice'. a tyrannical interpretation of law is one in which the population lives under restriction [by] unlawful legislation").   Remember that power is not justice it's just a method of administrating justice.  Power is a measurement of control including people and the environment.  It is legitimate in maintaining social structure but can easily be twisted into a misuse or abuse of power.  Justice then becomes injustice.

So...what does all of this mean?  Our government is based on Judeo-Christian values whose foundations are deeply rooted in the Bible.  Our current administration, their secular/socialist bias aside, has no respect for the word of the law.  Ironically, our President was a law professor at Harvard--so we have heard.  His regime's idea about the Constitution is that it is merely just a set of guidelines that were never intended to be followed.  This is the liberal mantra.  Also, they have gone to great lengths to remove God from the public eye.  Everyone and anyone who demonstrates a belief in a higher power than the "human" is sued by our Federal Family or the AFL-CIO, with the exception for Muslims, as a violation of the separation of church and state (incorrectly interpreted) or being intolerant of "minorities."

This administration has passed law after law further restricting our God-given rights as defined in the Bible and in our Constitution under the auspices of protecting the freedoms of the individual.  Unfortunately, this only works for the morally corrupt and spiritually lost.  One of the concepts necessary for socialism and communism to flourish is to make the public completely reliant upon the government.  One of the ways this has historically been accomplished is exactly what Obama is doing--removing God from public places.  With God in the picture, Obama will never be able to control the hearts and minds of America.  We know that we are to be in service to something much larger and powerful than Barak Hussein  Obama.  We know that there is a set of laws and responsibilities for which everyone will be held accountable that has been in existence for a few thousand years.   Without adhering to these laws, we have anarchy.

"I am mindful of Ronald Reagan’s example—and of Jesse Helms’. I am guided by their understanding that America’s strength lies in its ideals, and that if we are to make this century another American century, we must be prepared to fight for those ideals…. If we refuse to play our rightful role and shrink from the world, America and the entire world will pay a terrible price. And it is our responsibility to clearly outline to the American people what our proper role in the world is and what American interests are at stake when we engage abroad."  --Senator Marco Rubio (FL)

Note:  Opinions (unless quoted) and photographs are those of the writer, Jennifer Jessee.