Recently a group of concerned residents met in Ocean Grove, NJ to begin planning for the formation of the Black Robe Regiment of New Jersey. We were a mixture of clergy and laity from several counties in the state who seem to embrace a like precious faith and are willing do what it takes to [...]
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Civil Rights – For Some But Not Others
Civil rights have different definitions for different people. Most believe that civil rights are what our Founders termed “inalienable rights” – or basic rights that were given to us by God and are clearly understood and apply to all. However, history has shown that civil rights have been repeatedly violated throughout the ages. In America [...]
Is the U.N. UN-American?
By RoseAnn Salanitri “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. – That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among them, deriving their just powers from the [...]
Obama Doesn’t Have Authority To Deny Our Rights
The Constitutional role of government is not to give things away. Nor is it the function of the president or Congress to use the promise of what amounts to gifts as a means of graft to have things their way, to ensure their reelection, and/or to entrench a particular political party. The Constitutional role of [...]
A Reminder What Fairness Really Is – Redux
The following consists of excerpts from my remarks made at the Judicial Nomination Process Press Conference held in the Mansfield Room of the U.S. Capitol, Nov. 13, 2003. My remarks dealt with the Senate Democrats obstructing and stalling a straight up or down vote on conservative Judicial Nominees. I share them now to remind everyone [...]
America is Heading In The Wrong Direction
As I was reading in the scriptures this morning, Psalm 33:12 jumped out at me. The Psalmist wrote “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord…” (KJV) Therein you have it, I thought. There was a time that ours was a blessed nation and that God was indeed our Lord. Non-essential stores and businesses [...]
