By the time John Adams returned home from Europe in August of 1779, he had been away from his family for sixteen long months representing US interests overseas.
The Revolutionary War was still raging, and Adams would only remain home with his wife and children for a precious few months before he would need to sail back to Europe.
But this brief respite was not a vacation. Adams had been tasked with an urgent mission by the leadership of his native Massachusetts: they needed a state constitution. Quickly.
State officials were desperate to form a proper government and get to work… but first they needed a constitution that would pass muster with the voters. Their first attempt had already failed the previous year, so they leaned on Adams to get the job done.
Adams worked swiftly and diligently. And, before he left for Europe again a few months later, Massachusetts had its constitution.
One of the interesting clauses Adams wrote was a requirement for top elected officials to declare that they “believe the Christian religion, and have a firm persuasion of its truth.”
In other words, elected officials in Massachusetts had a constitutional requirement to be Christian.
Americans are taught that ‘separation of church and state’ was a founding principle of the country. It was not, at least not the way most people think.
It’s true that the US Constitution’s First Amendment creates a wall between the federal government and religion. But states were left free to do whatever they wanted. And they did. In fact, eleven of the original thirteen states had religious requirements woven into their constitutions.
Delaware required officeholders to “profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ His only Son. . .” Maryland demanded a declaration of “belief in the Christian religion.”
Massachusetts went further and directed taxpayer funds to the church. It was 100% a Christian state.
Eventually, however, the citizens of Massachusetts saw fit to change their constitution and eliminate the formal link between church and state; even John Adams himself supported this change in the twilight of his life.
So in 1833, voters in Massachusetts passed the Eleventh Amendment to their constitution— ending compulsory religious taxes and mandates of Christianity.
It’s not that the Christian faith was waning in Massachusetts, or in the United States. Far from it. Voters at that point simply felt that government was civic, religion was personal, and the two should be separate.
Sadly, nearly two centuries later, Massachusetts is getting back into the religion business. But not for Christianity.
Massachusetts State Senator James Eldridge has a bill moving rapidly through the legislature that would create a permanent, official government Islam commission: an 11-member body whose statutory duties include recommending Muslims for government jobs.
S.2134 parades as “An Act promoting the civil rights and inclusion of American Muslims in the commonwealth.”
But the text does something else entirely. The commission shall “identify and recommend qualified American Muslims for appointive positions at all levels of government, including boards and commissions.”
It shall recommend “legislation to combat Islamophobia.”
It shall “foster unity among the American Muslim community and organizations in the commonwealth.” And it may “accept and solicit funds, including any gifts, donations, grants, or bequests, or any federal funds.”
In other words, a taxpayer-run Islamic hiring commission inside the state government with an unfettered pipeline to crooked funds.
Think about it— Iran, or any Islamic terrorist group, could easily funnel money into this state Islamic commission… It’s absolutely insane.
Bear in mind that Massachusetts already operates nine permanent identity commissions, covering women, Latinos, LGBTQ youth, Black men and boys, and more.
So at first, this seems like just another part of the DEI machine.
But Islam is not just another census category, because Islam is not merely a private faith. It is a complete political and legal system with its own laws, its own courts, and its own political hierarchy that many Muslim nations still adhere to today.
This is why places like Yemen have no minimum marriage age, and child brides are still shipped off to creepy old men. Senator Eldridge and his supporters seem to think that these values should have a taxpayer-funded commission.
The Left tells us to “believe all women” and celebrates feminism. Most Islamic countries hold the opposite view.
The Left hosts an entire month of LGBTQ pride. Roughly a dozen Muslim countries still impose the death penalty for homosexuality.
It’s astonishing how the far left actually believes that Islam is their ally… when in fact the woke fanatics will be the first ones thrown off the rooftops under Shariah law.
The Left is just too stupid to realize it… which is why it makes so much sense to have a Plan B.
P.S. It took Massachusetts half a century to correct its first experiment mixing government and religion. You do not have to wait around to see how the new one ends.
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