American Principle Eleven: Government and Union Monopolies Involving Education or Religion Are Prohibited--For Liberty's Sake
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a 'redress of grievances.'"
Constitution of the United States
Education that does not teach the timeless principles recorded in the Declaration of Independence empowers the enemies of life and liberty for the pursuit of happiness. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention understood this, and they focused upon the fact that governments are by nature a nesting place for tyrants of the mind.
It is the collective political power granted to monopoly teacher unions and the establishment of tenure laws that empower the enemies of the family, human dignity, and self-government. Tenured secular authoritarians have achieved control of curriculum used in the soft sciences and the study of law taught in government schools. The weapons they use to enforce what must be taught include the ridicule and denigration of the reputation of anyone who dares to challenge leftist political correctness. The use of the word "science" is code for their atheistic human origins, meaning, and purpose; "diversity" is code for demanding the approval of evil life practices; and "social justice" is code for using government power to force the transfer of wealth from the thrifty to their own block of voters.
It is the competition of education suppliers that reduces inefficiencies in government-run schools and helps restrain moral pollution by tenured government radicals. The debasement of morality evident in the tragic church-state monopoly of Medieval Europe compares with the moral decline that started with government establishment of teacher unions. First-amendment law intended to prevent the suppression of the right of parents to choose between competing education suppliers for their children's education are superior to all other laws--national, state, and local.
The indispensable role of education and religious liberty in the preservation of American principles for government is "self-evident." Education that leaves new generations viewing government as some vague entity leaves them confused about truth. They are then easy prey for manipulation by what Jefferson called "tyrants of the mind." Definite and specific American principles for government of a responsible nature do exist. Fifteen of them are my current focus of this blog.
Education worthy of the name will emphasize that government is the servant of and for the people, the sovereigns under creation's God.
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