I learned in seventh grade civics that according to Article V there are only two ways to amend the Constitution of the United States. The first method is the only one that has been used to date and it requires an affirmative vote of two-thirds of both the Senate and the House of Representatives followed by a ratification of three-fourths (or at least 38) of the state legislatures. The second method, which has never been tried, says that two-thirds of the state legislatures can call a Convention for the purpose of amending the Constitution. If approved by such a Convention then the proposed amendment(s) would still have to be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures. That knowledge led me to scratch my head when I received the following:
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Action Alert: Urge Senators to Give Democracy Back to the People
Do you can see my confusion? The PCUSA Office of Public Witness thinks that the vote of 51 Senators is actually enough to amend the U.S. Constitution. Maybe they are confusing the process in Washington with the simple majority required for the General Assembly of the PCUSA to issue its recent Authoritative Interpretation regarding marriage.
The email alert goes on to say that “At this historic moment, there are still some Senators who can be convinced to vote in favor of their constituents, and not the special interests. But they need to hear from you.” Again, from my 7th grade recollection, I think that means 17 more Senators would need to have a change of mind and heart in order for the proposed amendment to carry. Then, it would go to the House where it would need to achieve a 2/3 vote as well.
I concur with the Office of Public Witness that you should Email your Senators now! But do so with a conscience guided by the Scriptures and with a mind informed with accurate information.
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PCUSA bureaucrats often seem ignorant of their own constitution; why should we expect them to know anything about the U.S. Constitution? Or maybe they figure Senate Democrats have their own phones and pens. Pathetic.
Citizens United was a terrible decision, with that said why after all the other pronouncements from louisville when they clearly didn’t know what they were talking about, then this should come as no surprise that they don’t understand how government works. They are a out of control bureaucracy with NO accountability, and no one to call their bluff. This must be part of that “mutual forebearance” that they’re so fond of.
The PCUSA ship is sinking, the figurative rats are jumping ship and yet these boneheads find themselves tools of the liberal left in our country. The ignorance and arrogance I defies simple comprehension. I guess it’s going to take a “simple majority” of Presbyterians leaving this denomination before they will wake up.
We are either leaving or have left, and the beat goes on.
The Democrat-backed legislation calls for the abrogation of the First Amendment as to political speech, only preserving freedom of the press (which of course can then be controlled by the government). A clear recipe for totalitarianism, where the government will dictate what can be said politically. That PCUSA supports this is shocking.
The PCUSA Office of Public Witness has habitually taken extreme leftist positions that are unlikely to be supported by most of the people in the pews.
It seems clear that no one in Washington pays the least attention to the utterances of the Office of Public Witness, probably because of the extreme decline in the PCUSA population. The Office of Public Witness actually represents very few people, perhaps only the office staff and a few in the Louisville HQ.
It is clear that the Office of Public Witness is staffed by incompetents.
One wonders how many members of the PCUSA have left because of the extreme leftist positions of the Office of Public Witness.