By Richard D. Fry
Do we as individual citizens have the option of simply going along with the federal government’s ignoring or attempting to nullify our fundamental rights? To phrase the question another way: do we individuals have a duty to take action against the federal government’s usurpation of our fundamental unalienable rights?
We are told in the in the book of Exodus the Egyptian Pharaoh commanded midwives to kill the new born boys of Hebrews. But we are further told; the midwives “feared God” and disobeyed the Pharaoh.
Did the midwives have the option of obeying the Pharaoh? No. Morally the midwives could not obey the Pharaoh’s immoral command because it was repugnant to the higher law of God and they knew if they followed this command, even though it appeared to be legal (i.e., under the color of law) it was in fact not a moral command. They did not have the moral option of implementing, enforcing or supporting such an immoral “law”.
Christ advised “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s….” Christ acknowledged that there were some things placed under the authority of man but these are subservient to the laws of God.
Our government is based on the truth that man is under the authority of God and government is under the authority of man. The sole purpose of our government is to protect our God given (fundamental) rights which includes “life, liberty and [property]”. Under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) the government has converted these fundamental rights into mere privileges which the Executive Branch (President) can ignore at will.
The real question is do we individuals have a duty to take action against the federal government’s attempt to separate us from our unalienable God given rights? There can be only one answer to this question.
Remember that moral obedience is not civil disobedience. One cannot violate a “law” which is an affront to God because such an action can never be law. Nor can a “law” repugnant to the Constitution become law. But, one does violates their moral duty if they do not take whatever moral action necessary to stop this ultimate defiance of our Constitution and our God. We have no option when it comes to moral obedience regardless of the personal consequence.
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