Keep God in the Texas Republican Party Platform

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The most revolutionary words ever written might have been these: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..."

We all know these words. We know them by heart. They comne from the Declaration of Independence.

Those words separated the control of those in government from your right to life, liberty, and property. Those words cast off the notion that a king could control you with disregard. Those words started a revolution not just in America, but in many other places around the world.

The Texas Republican Party platform wisely echoes these words. It begins: "Affirming our belief in God, we still hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..."

If God is not in the Texas Republican Party platform, then we cede our power to man to remove any of our inalienable rights. James Madison said, in Federalist 51, "if angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary." But you and I both humans are not angels, nor can they be trusted with your life, liberty, or property.

The Preamble of the Texas Democrat Platform makes no mention of God. The Democrat platform in its beginning calls for "well-functioning government" and references a "social contract." It doesn't declare your independence or rights but rather your interdependence and your obligation to everyone.

That's the main difference between the party platforms. One remembers that you have rights that government must protect; the other declares your obedience to government.

We Republicans must not remove God from the Texas Republican Platform. It's not a matter of whether you acknowledge our Creator. Even the atheist and the misguided deserve protection from those who would strip away individual rights. Only by granting that God gave us those rights is there any protection from the tyranny of a government too large and too intrusive.

Just as our party platform wisely begins with the acknowledgement of God, it must wisely remain - or we're no different than the Democrats we oppose.