Doing the Honorable Thing

 Molly Slag is a new writer at the American Thinker, but who is another insightful essayist. Today she points out that The Bible Undergirds American Law. This is so true, and like so much of our American culture, it is taken for granted by most people. Most who do not understand this point do not realize the great gift they have been granted.

We can gain an insight into just how far America has fallen by examining two facts that are neither generally known nor mentioned today: (1) The common law of England is the fundamental law of America, and (2) Biblical morality is embedded in the common law of England.

Someone will no doubt object to Fact No. 1 and assert, “The US Constitution says that it is the supreme law of the land.”

True. The US Constitution is the supreme law of the law. But the common law of England is the fundamental law of the land. Let me explain.

Before the Founders signed off on the Declaration of Independence, the thirteen sisters were thirteen British colonies, and their law was the common law of England. After they executed the Declaration of Independence, the thirteen sisters were thirteen sovereign states, and there was a puzzle as to what their law should be. Over the span of a few months, all thirteen adopted the common law as their law.

Does that seem odd? Not at all, as the very purpose of the revolution was to preserve and protect the colonies’ rights and privileges under the common law. All those rights now enshrined in the US Constitution’s Bill of Rights originated in the common law, including the principle of “No taxation without representation.”

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And what about Fact No. 2, the Biblical basis of American law? One of the bedrock principles of the common law is that “Christianity is Part of the Common Law.” Here we must be quick to explain that this principle is not about Christian theology—not “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” This principle is about Christian morality; that is, Biblical morality, that is, Judeo-Christian morality.

Many readers are now asking, “Why have I never heard this before?” The answer is that this principle is out of fashion. Although this principle remains in the books of the decisional literature, it has fallen into disuse among the judges as out of style. Likewise, no doubt many readers have never heard that the Supreme Court of the United States has declared that “America is a Christian Nation”.

We generally applaud things like the recent striking down of Roe v. Wade on the grounds that it was never within the Supreme Courts or the Federal government's perview, but also on the grounds that it set up the United States to sanction immorality. But where do we get off declaring something immoral, but from our Christian beliefs. God declares what is moral and what is not. Moreover, even if you do not believe the in the God of the Bible, you must as an American believe in the principles outlined by Slag.

The Left talks endlessly about indentity and racism, sexism and all the rest. All that is garbage. Our true identity is as Americans. If you do not believe in these principles, perhaps instead of trying to change America, you should find where your prinicples are already in practice and move there. But that would be the honorable thing to do, and Leftists are not very honorable.