So far this week, we have examined laws enacted by various states that fly in the face of rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights established as part of the U.S. Constitution. Late last week, the U.S. Supreme Court laid to rest the right contained in the Second Amendment regarding an individual’s right to keep and bear arms. The high court made it abundantly clear that the right of gun ownership shall not be infringed. Exactly as the Constitution states.

What about the right of religious freedom? It states that the government shall not prevent the free exercise thereof. It also states “free speech shall not be abridged.

Ah…but the ACLU says when a religious person enters the public square, that person loses the right of free exercise of religion and free speech. The Constitution doesn’t say that. Politicians and activist judges and the ACLU have come to that conclusion….but the Constitution doesn’t read that way.

In Oregon, SB2 has been passed and signed into law over the objections of a majority of the electorate. SB2 is part of a package of bills approved by lawmakers which created “lookalike same-sex marriages” along with other special rights for certain people.

A group calling itself “Restore America” is but one of the Oregon groups working on petition plan which would put the matter before the voters. However, the Oregon Supreme Court refused to make a decision on the wording of the petition to repeal SB2….and time ran out for collecting the required signatures from 100,000 voters.

Craig Myers is a spokesman for the group and says it’s even more alarming to consider that the homosexual, bisexual, transgender, and cross-dresser privileges now enshrined in Oregon law criminalizes free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of conscience and other basic rights and civil liberties guaranteed in our U.S. Constitution.

And that’s why I said at the beginning of this week….maybe now is the time to challenge these attempts to over ride the freedoms laid out in the Bill of Rights. Gun Owners of America and the Nat’l Rifle Association did…and won!