Time for Civil Disobedience is NOW!
By Douglas V. Gibbs
CanadaFreePress.com
In a 5-4
Decision the United States Supreme Court has
determined that California restricting church
gatherings is not unconstitutional, and does not
violate the “free exercise clause of the First
Amendment.” The Ninth Circuit Judges, regarding
restrictions against churches regarding the free
exercise of their religion, and more specifically,
worship services,
said, “constitutional standards that would
normally govern our review of a Free Exercise claim
should not be applied.” The last time I checked,
the First Amendment does not say, “Freedom of
Religion, unless there’s a virus.”
The court’s decision is unconstitutional. They are
wrong. Liberty must prevail. And it is time the
American People send that message.
We have allowed the tyrants in political office to run wild with their authoritarianism
In 1777 a small pox epidemic swept through
the fledgling United States, and it occurred
while we were fighting for our independence.
The British Troops had stronger immunity to the
disease because its presence in Europe had been
long standing. In response to the disease,
despite its 10% mortality rate, new United
States offered a voluntary vaccine, quarantined
the sick (not the healthy), and remained open
for business and at war with the Redcoats
through the disease’s journey along our shores.
While some precautions were taken voluntarily,
the decisions were left up to the people, not
through government mandate.
A little more than a decade later the Yellow
Fever swept through Philadelphia, taking the
life of the mayor, Samuel Powel, during the
epidemic. Powel, and his wife Elizabeth,
had been given the opportunity by the George
Washington family to wait out the disease at
their home on Mount Vernon in Virginia in the
name of safety, but the Powel couple felt their
presence as a firm voice of leadership in
Philadelphia was more important. Some
people died, most survived, and liberty was
never compromised during the affair. After
the Yellow Fever departed, the immune systems of
the Americans grew even stronger, and the
country continued on to become the greatest this
world has ever seen.
Now, we face a novel coronavirus that, if you
honestly look at the numbers, has a survival
rate of over 98%. The death numbers have
been padded, and we have been told a massive
spike in cases has gripped our country, but
interestingly enough the number spiked as
testing increased. In other words, due to
testing, we don’t have more cases, we simply
have more cases we know about as a result of the
testing.
This mild virus has, honestly, killed some
people, but largely those who have underlying
health issues already in place. But, for
the most part, it is nearly harmless, and
usually asymptomatic, to anyone under 60, and is
a slightly stronger bug for those over 60.
As a result of a minor virus, we have refused to
trust our immune systems, gone against science
with “run and hide” strategies, we have shut
down our economy, and worse, we have allowed the
tyrants in political office to run wild with
their authoritarianism.
Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, it is time for churches to stand in defiance
We have complained, we have yelled, and we
have taken them to court, and the dictators
continue to do the evil things they do without
any consequence.
The time for that stops now.
Remember how proud we were of the rise of the
Tea Party Movement when President Obama’s
policies threatened our Liberty? We
rallied, we shouted, and we were rewarded with a
caucus in Congress, and with the election of a
President named Donald J. Trump who has shown us
that he has an incredible ability to stand firm,
with a resolve of steel.
Have we learned nothing from him?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did more than
complain and form rallies. He committed
civil disobedience to ensure that the Civil
Rights Movement moved forward and got national
attention. Should we not be doing the same
in the face of this moment in history when
tyrants are stomping all over our liberty?
Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, it is time
for churches to stand in defiance. They
need to unite, and hundreds of churches around
California, and thousands around the country,
need to openly hold worship services, regardless
of what the ruling elite is mandating.
“The Founding Fathers put on the line their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, and you are worried about a paint job.”
We also need to hold “face parties,” where
those of us who refuse to wear masks visit
public locations in groups to get our point
across. Target liberal businesses,
government facilities, and the lobbies of media
outlets freaking out about the Wuhan Chinese
COVID 19 virus. First, one person walks in
without a mask. As the person who thinks
they are security for the establishment tells
the person they need to have a mask on, another
unmasked person needs to walk in. Then
another. Then another. Do it until
the whole place is full of people not only not
wearing masks, but hugging and talking and
shaking hands with each other. Let them
arrest the whole group, if that is what is
necessary to get media attention, and the
attention of the American People.
That’s the rub. You must have the stomach
for civil disobedience. You must be
willing to take a risk that may include arrest,
or worse.
I will wrap up with this little story to help
you understand the perspective we need to be
having.
In 2016, I had a Trump/Pence sticker in the
window of my car, and a woman said that I was
brave, and she would not do the same because she
feared someone scratching her paint job on her
car by running a key along the side of it if she
put a similar bumper sticker on her vehicle.
“Think about what you just said,” I responded.
“The Founding Fathers put on the line their
lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor,
and you are worried about a paint job.”
Liberty deserves better. It is time for
civil disobedience. It is time for us to
risk more than just a paint job on our car.
But, to make it work, WE must organize, and WE
must do it. Otherwise, we cease to be We
the People, and we become, “those who once
enjoyed liberty, but threw it all away to be in
bondage in the name of good intentions and a
virus.”
Douglas V. Gibbs of
Political Pistachio Conservative News and
Commentary, has been featured on “Hannity” and “Fox
and Friends” on Fox News Channel, and other
television shows and networks. Doug is a Radio
Host on KMET 1490-AM on Saturdays with his
Constitution Radio program, as well as a longtime
podcaster, conservative political activist, writer
and commentator. Doug can be reached at
douglasvgibbs [at] yahoo.com or constitutionspeaker
[at] yahoo.com.