"Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities..."
I am not an American, but from what I I understand your Constitution is the top of the heap governing authority in your country. And the Constitution states clearly that any power not specifically given to the Federal government is retained by the states or the people. Am I not right?
Also, any law that is not constitutional is null and void. Am I not correct in that?
And weren't some of the earliest Christians martyred specifically for refusing an Emperor's edict to worship him (the Emperor)? At least that was what I was told.
But, for all that (which helps inform my personal philosophy for governing my own actions), I REALLY DO APPLAUD THE WAY YOU HAVE BEEN GOING ABOUT YOUR BITHARES EFFORTS.
Thank you!
Good questions. Yes, a command to worship anything but God should be disobeyed. Yes, the constitution overrides all else (in theory) except We The People, and God. Yes, the 9th and 10th amendments say that the FEDs can't do what they do. Yes,
An early ruling of the Supreme Court clearly spells this out:
"An unconstitutional act is not law;
it confers no rights;
it imposes no duties;
it affords no protection;
it creates no office;
it is in legal contemplation,
as inoperative as though it had never been passed."