- Target:
- United States Congress, North Carolina General Assembly, Local Governments of North Carolina
- Region:
- United States of America
WHEREAS, in the words of our Founding Fathers, Religion is the duty every man owes to his Creator and that Religion "must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right";
WHEREAS this right, though given by the Creator, has been enshrined in both the Federal Constitution with the words "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," in in the words of the Constitution of the State of North Carolina in the words "All persons have a natural and inalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences, and no human authority shall, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience";
WHEREAS the consciences of men will lead them to differing conclusion of Religion and Morality, including beliefs regarding the intimate, conjugal acts;
WHEREAS, in the words of our Founding Fathers, Religion is the duty every man owes to his Creator and that Religion "must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right";
WHEREAS, this right, though given by the Creator, has been enshrined in both the Federal Constitution with the words "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," and in the Constitution of the State of North Carolina in the words "All persons have a natural and inalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences, and no human authority shall, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience";
WHEREAS, the consciences of men will lead them to differing conclusion of Religion and Morality, including beliefs regarding the intimate, conjugal acts, causing some groups to have more stringent views of Moral Righteousness than the majority of their fellow citizens;
WHEREAS, the history of the mankind and even this country abounds with examples of inexcusable and inhuman oppression that occurs when the Conclusions of Conscience of a minority group fall out of favor with the majority, even though the views and beliefs of the minority do not infringe on the rights of anyone else as touching their life, liberty, or property;
WHEREAS, a Belief held by a group of citizens that differs from the majority of their fellow citizens does not constitute a violation of the fundamental rights of any person, even if those views impel that minority group to question the views held by the majority through the means of civil discourse and peaceable assembly;
WHEREAS, anyone whose conscience leads them to disagree with the more stringent Conclusions of Conscience of the minority group, may disagree and even ignore the private and personal requests from the minority group to conform to that minority group's more stringent Morals, without resorting to either private force or the Force of Government;
AND
WHEREAS, it is our duty and right as parents to impress upon our children the lessons of our Religion and the Conclusions of our Conscience, and it is the charge of government to protect the Parental Rights of its citizens, even though the majority may disagree with the said Religion and Conclusions of Conscience of the minority,
WHEREAS a Belief held by a group of citizens that differs from the majority of their fellow citizens, or even impels that group to question the views of the majority through civil discourse and peaceable assembly, does not constitute a violation of the fundamental rights of any person;
WHEREAS anyone whose conscience leads them to disagree with said Conclusions of Conscience of the minority group with the more stringent Morals may disagree and even ignore the private and personal requests from the minority group to conform to that minority group's more stringent Morals;
AND
WHEREAS it is our duty and right as parents of impressionable young children to impress upon them the lessons of our Religion and the Conclusions of our Conscience and it is the charge of government to protect the Parental Rights of its citizens, even though the majority may disagree with the Religion and Conclusions of Conscience of the minority,
WE HUMBLY PETITION the Honorable Congress of the United States of America, the Honorable General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, the Honorable Governor of our State, and the various Municipal and County Governments to undertake on the behalf of good policy and rightful governance, the following,
TO WIT,
THAT the right of the parents to choose the Moral education of their child not be superseded by any part of government that may feel it knows better than the parents the manner in which a child's moral education should be undertaken;
THAT no child, without the express consent of the parent, be educated as to the appropriateness or acceptability of any form of sexual intimacy that may contradict the Conclusions of Conscience of the Parents, regardless of the conclusions of experts or governing councils;
THAT no child be subject to censure, ridicule, or discipline by the government employees that oversee his or her education when that child attempts to express his views regarding Religion, Morality, or Conscience to his peers, understanding that such censure from peers may attend unpopular beliefs and is a part of holding a minority view;
AND
THAT the Sacred Right to Freedom of Conscience, which underlies all other rights, and that the Right to Parent one's child in a manner befitting the Parent's conscience never experience governmental control or interference.
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The A Petition for the Freedom of Conscience petition to United States Congress, North Carolina General Assembly, Local Governments of North Carolina was written by Bryan Patonay and is in the category Civil Rights at GoPetition.