The
Pre-Partisan
Political
Platform
is a more
detailed
expression
of the
politics
of the
Pre-Partisan
Caucus. It
is rooted
in the
the
biblical ethos
of the
Mars Hill
Forum
series. This
ethos can
be summed
up in the
creation
of a
level
playing
field so
that all
ideas can
be given
the
fullest
possible
hearing.
If such an
ethos can
permeate
the
culture,
the
difference
would be
remarkable.
In
political
terms, I
am a
pro-life
libertarian,
which most
closely
approximates
what it
means to
serve the
biblical
roots of
unalienable
rights
given by
the
Creator
–
that of life,
liberty,
property
and the
pursuit of
happiness;
congruent
with the
Declaration
of
Independence
and the
Fifth and
Fourteenth
Amendments
to the
U.S.
Constitution.
For most
of my
years, I
have been
a
registered
independent,
but upon
return to
my native
Connecticut
in 1992,
two years
later I
registered
with the
Republican
Party. I
did so to
participate
in the
primary
system.
But as
well,
there is
room for
pro-life
libertarians
in the
Republican
Party
–
though
with
tensions
too
– but
there is
virtually no room
within the
Democratic
Party.
This makes
me a small
"r"
republican.
But I
am first
and always
a minister
of the
Gospel as
I interact
with the
political
world.
The
Pre-Partisan
Caucus
sets forth
its vision
simply,
below, and
then in
detail
with its
Platform
to follow.
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The Pre-Partisan
Caucus (PPC)
Cut U.S. and State Laws
by Over 99%
and Set the
People Free
www.prepartisan.us
or
www.prepartisan.org
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A Pre-Partisan Covenant with the American People
Our nation
presently needs 1) a
vision for honest politics,
2) a means for all ideas to be heard equally, and thus, 3)
the power to cut U.S. and
state laws by over 99
percent.
To wit, here is a
three-point covenant with
the American people to be
affirmed by any and all
political participants,
from citizens to office
holders and candidates for
the same:
First:
The Six Pillars of Honest Politics
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The power to give affirms that the unalienable rights given by the Creator belong to all people equally, and leaders in human government should serve such a gift.
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The power to live in the light means leaders in human government at every level should be as fully transparent as possible.
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The power of informed choice is rooted in an honest definition of terms in political debate, providing a level playing field for all ideas to be heard equally, apart from which political freedom is not possible.
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The power to love hard questions is in place when political leaders honor and answer those who pose them the toughest questions.
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The power to love enemies recognizes that even the harshest of political opponents share a common humanity and are to be treated with respect.
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The power to forgive recognizes the need to address our individual and societal transgressions against one another, and to work toward justice and reconciliation.
These six pillars are by definition pre-partisan. In other words, they set the foundation for healthy partisan debates over public policy, in service to the consent of the governed. The deepest partisanship is the creation of a level playing field for all partisan ideas to be heard equally, where the pursuit of truth in any and all matters becomes possible.
Truth will always
rise to the top in
an honest process.
Political candidates who live and articulate the substance of these pillars, regardless of political party, and in contrast with those who do not, deserve to be elected.
Second: The Committee on Political Ideas (COPI)
Rooted in the pre-partisan ethics of the six pillars of honest politics, a Committee is proposed
to serve federal and
state governments as
a sheer positive
foundation for good
lawmaking. It can be
sponsored by the
executive and/or
legislative
branches.
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COPI’s purpose is to be sure that all ideas for political debate are discussed in an open-ended fashion.
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COPI has no lawmaking purposes, but rather serves as an information resource for Committees that work on writing law.
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On a chosen topic,
COPI receives applications from partisans, prioritizes their testimonies, and works through them until all ideas have been fully and publicly aired.
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Written presentations for
COPI are a maximum 2,000 words, presented orally, there is no limit on footnotes and attachments, and are followed by open-ended dialogue in all directions until the partisan is satisfied that he or she has been fully heard.
And Third:
Taking Occam’s Razor to the Law
James Madison rightly feared that if laws become too “voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood,” then constitutional government is in danger.
We are well past
that point already.
With all partisan ideas fully heard and debated in the
COPI process, it is then
time to apply "Occam’s
razor." Namely, “to reduce
needless redundancies,”
and in knowing that the simplest
explanation is usually the truest
one, we can
work to cut all law by
over 99 percent.
In The
Six Pillars of
Honest Politics
by John C. Rankin,
he has taken Occam's
razor to
Connecticut law, and
cut it from 17,000
pages (as of
2006) down to
41 (sans
footnotes). This can
be done for any
other state as well.
He has likewise
taken U.S. law and
cut it from 48,000
pages (at the time)
to 31. All the
pandering,
exceptions and
needless
complexities have
been removed, making
law simple and
accessible.
This can
cut the size of
government and taxes in half
and
set the economy
ablaze in service to
all people equally.
It is rooted in the
biblical ethics of
the unalienable
rights of life,
liberty and property
which empower the
pursuit of a
socially integrated
happiness.
When the COPI
process is
implemented fully,
such a
simplification of U.S. and
state laws can
become reality. Such
a proposal can then
be debated in the
legislative process
and submitted to the
consent of the
governed with the
goal to replace existing
law. If state and
federal office
holders resist this
process, then
members of the
Pre-Partisan Caucus need to run
for office and
replace them.
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The six
pillars of
honest
politics
serve the
power of
simplicity,
truth
telling
and
transparency.
They
naturally
separate
honest
politics
in service
to the
consent of
the
governed,
from
self-serving
political
agendas.
And out of
honest
politics
flow the
healthiest
grappling
with
specific
debated
issues.
When these
six
pillars
are
examined,
is there
anything
in them
that is
not
attractive
to all
people of
good will?
This is
equally
true for
the
atheist
who may
not like
the
mention of
the
Creator,
yet
likewise
seeks to
have his
or her
unalienable
rights of
life,
liberty,
property
and the
pursuit of
happiness
protected.
What other
source is
there for
these
rights?
Out of
unalienable
rights
comes the
freedom
for the
atheist
and all
others to
be who
they are
as
political
equals,
under the
rule of
law in the
United
States.
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The
Pre-Partisan
Caucus,
designed
for
legislators
and those
who
support
them, is
most
naturally
suited for
pro-life
libertarians,
but it is
not
exclusive.
Anyone who
affirms
its
three-point
agenda is
welcome.
By the
same
token, its
logic
leads to
a more
detailed political
platform,
with a
more
detailed
political
philosophy
defined,
and though
I attempt
to make it
fully
biblical,
there can
be honest
room for
disagreement.
In 1993 I
inaugurated
the Mars
Hill Forum
series,
seeking to
embrace
the same
freedom
Paul
experienced
on Mars
Hill in
Acts 17,
where he
was
spontaneously
alone in
the
presence
of perhaps
hundreds
of the
most
professionally
qualified
skeptics
possible,
the
Epicurean
and Stoic
philosophers
of ancient
Athens. He
was giving
answer for
his belief
in the
Good News
of Jesus.
In this
series I
seek to
interact
with
qualified
interlocutors
on a range
of topics,
usually
with
skeptics
of the
biblical
worldview,
but also
with
fellow
believers
on topics
of
intramural
church
concern --
in
university
settings,
churches
and other
venues.
The goal
is to win
honest
relationships
in the
face of
theological
and
cultural
debates
that
otherwise
divide
people,
all in
service to
the
Gospel.
For
skeptics
of the
biblical
worldview,
the goal
is to give
an
aggressive
hospitality
to their
toughest
questions.
By
“aggressive
hospitality”
I mean I
go out of
my way to
proactively
be in the
presence
of the
questions
of
skeptics.
The
term "Mars
Hill" is
the Latin
reference
to the
place in
ancient
Athens
that was
the center
of
political
authority
and
philosophical
debate in
its golden
age. After
the Roman
conquest,
political
authority
was
stripped
from Mars
Hill, but
philosophical
debate
remained
and
flourished.
In Acts
17, the
apostle
Paul was
invited
spontaneously
to address
a meeting
of the "Areopagus,"
the
original
Greek term
for Mars
Hill (both
references
to the god
of war).
Paul
appealed
to the God
of
creation
and unity
of the
human
race, even
citing
Greek
poets who
were
yearning
for the
same, and
proclaimed
the
resurrection
of Jesus
in the
presence
of
hundreds
of
skeptical
philosophers
who had
rejected
Greek
polytheism.
From many
angles,
therefore,
Mars Hill
is an apt
metaphor
for good
public
thinking
on all
matters
theological
and
political.
Prior
to the
initiation
of the
Mars Hill
Forum
series, I
headed up
an
evangelical
pro-life
ministry
in
Massachusetts
(1983-1991),
and was
invited
onto
multiple
dozens of
college
campuses
to debate.
My desire
from the
outset was
to seek
communication,
in the
goal of
winning
honest
relationships
across the
debated
topic,
rather
than mere
debate. I
saw first
hand the
power of a
level
playing
field
where both
sides of a
debate
were
heard.
When I
convened
the Mars
Hill Forum
series,
virtually
any topic
concerning
theology
and/or
politics
was in
view, and
to date I
have
hosted
some 150
forums.
Rooted
this in
the ethos
of the
Mars Hill
Forums,
the
Pre-Partisan
Political
Platform
advocates
its
partisan
views.
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Theological
Foundation
The
ethical
nature of
the
pre-partisan
covenant,
of the six
pillars of
honest
politics,
is rooted
in
biblical
theology:
The Six Pillars of Biblical Power – An Affirmation
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The power to give: We believe that the Creator, Yahweh Elohim, the Lord God Almighty, our heavenly Father, employs his unlimited power to give to and equally bless all people as image bearers of God. The power to give is modeled in the faithful marriage of one man and one woman, in parenthood, and is the basis for trust in human society.
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The power to live in the light: We believe that the Lord God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. As darkness and the prince of darkness flee the light, we embrace the power to live in the light of God’s presence, open and accountable to all people in all we believe, say and do.
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The power of informed choice: We believe that the Lord God gives us all the power of informed choice, to say yes to the good of freedom and life, and no to the evil of slavery and death.
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The power to love hard questions: We believe that the Lord God gives us the freedom and power to pose hard questions of him, and of one another, in Christian community. This is the power of sanctifying integrity.
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The power to love enemies: We believe that the Lord Jesus loved the world when we were yet enemies of the truth, drowning in a sea of broken trust. Now, as believers, we are empowered by the Holy Spirit to love those who are, at present, enemies of the Gospel.
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The power to forgive: We believe that the power to give is restored to the broken world through the power to forgive, purchased in the life, death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Thus, we as believers are called to extend this forgiveness to the broken world, by the power of the Holy Spirit, and in celebration of the mercy that triumphs over judgment in the second coming of Jesus.
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These biblical and
political ethics lead to
a vision for a
constitutional and
limited government.
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The Pre-Partisan Political Platform
The
Pre-Partisan
Political
Platform is
based on
trust in
limited
government.
It is
inclusive
of any and
all
persons
who
celebrate
limited
government
and the
six
pillars of
honest
politics.
The
Declaration
of
Independence
gives the
original
definition
to the
scope of
civil
rights and
the nature
of a
limited
government
to serve
these
rights:
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,
that among
these are
Life,
Liberty
and the
pursuit of
happiness.
That to
secure
these
rights,
Governments
are
instituted
among Men,
deriving
their just
powers
from the
consent of
the
governed.
In the
Fifth and
Fourteenth
Amendments
to the
U.S.
Constitution,
these
rights are
legally
defined as
the
protection
of persons
from the
deprivation
of “life,
liberty or
property”
without
due
process of
law. In
other
words,
these
rights
cannot be
taken away
from us by
the power
of the
state,
unless
first we
have taken
one or
several of
these
rights
away from
others.
The
word “men”
as used in
the
Declaration
is
understood
in its
best
literary
sense as
inclusive
of all
humankind
– men,
women and
children.
It was
this
commitment
to
unalienable
rights,
with the
checks and
balances
on power
in the
consent of
the
governed
that
enabled
the United
States to
overcome
inherited
evils.
Especially,
it allowed
us to
legally
emancipate
blacks and
women to
fully
participate
in our
democratic
and
constitutional
republic.
And it
should
apply
likewise
to Native
Americans.
The
basis for
civil
rights in
the
Declaration
naturally
follows
the
biblical
order of
creation
where the
subjects
of God,
life,
choice and
sex are
introduced.
In the
beginning
is God,
and his
highest
goal in
creation
is human
life, as
he made
man and
woman in
his image
to be
stewards
of the
good
creation.
Then man
and woman
are given
the power
of moral
and
aesthetic
choices.
The most
important
choice
involves
human
sexuality,
where in
marriage
and the
establishment
of a
household,
there
resides
the power
to pass on
the gifts
of life,
choice and
sex,
through
procreation,
to our
children.
The
Declaration
begins
with God
as our
Creator
who gives
us
unalienable
rights.
The first
is that of
life,
followed
by liberty
that
equals the
language
of choice
and
freedom.
Then the
language
of “the
pursuit of
happiness,”
equally
with that
of
“property,”
indicates
the
concern
for human
sexuality.
Here, as
man and
woman join
in
marriage,
they then
establish
a new
household,
which is
their
basis for
property
rights and
economic
productivity,
which in
total
equals the
basis for
the
individual
and
society’s
power to
pursue
happiness.
Rooted
in
biblical
ethics,
the
Pre-Partisan
Political
Platform
affirms
six
pillars of
honest
politics
that are
universal
in
aspiration,
and an
excellent
foundation
for a
healthy
political
order:
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The power to give affirms that the unalienable rights given by the Creator
belong
to all
people
equally,
and
leaders
in human
government
should
serve
such a
gift.
-
The power to live in the light means leaders in human government at every
level
should
be as
fully
transparent
as
possible.
-
The power of informed choice is rooted in an honest definition of terms in
political
debate,
providing
a level
playing
field
for all
ideas to
be heard
equally,
apart
from
which
political
freedom
is not
possible.
-
The power to love hard questions
is in
place
when
political
leaders
honor
and
answer
those
who pose
them the
toughest
questions.
-
The power to love enemies recognizes that even the harshest of political
opponents
share a
common
humanity
and are
to be
treated
with
respect.
-
The power to forgive recognizes the need to address our individual and
societal
transgressions
against
each
other,
and to
work
toward
justice
and
reconciliation.
As
human life
is
protected,
human
liberty is
established,
and
property
rights and
the
pursuit of
happiness
are made
possible.
These
three
contexts
for civil
rights
equal the
scope of a
limited
government,
at the
federal
and state
levels.
Their
necessary
and
logical
order
equals the
framework
for
defining
good law.
Life
Apart
from a
definition
of human
life,
questions
of
liberty,
property
and law
are moot.
Pre-Partisan
Political
Platform
affirms:
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All
human
life is
made in
God’s
image,
is of
equal
value in
God’s
sight,
and for
its
entire
natural
duration,
is to be
protected
by due
process
of law
as the
first
order of
human
government.
-
The
historic
family
unit,
rooted
in
heterosexual,
faithful
and
monogamous
marriage,
and the
fullest
possible
presence
of both
father
and
mother
in the
raising
of
children,
is the
basic
institution
in
society.
It is
based on
the
power to
give and
it is
the
cradle
for
human
life. As
such, it
deserves
unique
cultural
and
legal
affirmation.
-
Civil
society
can only
exist
when
trust
exists
in human
relationships,
this is
what the
power to
give
yields,
and is
best
learned
in the
intrinsic
nature
of
faithful
marriage
and
parenting.
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Life can
only be
forfeit,
after
due
process,
when a
person
deprives
another
of his
or her
life.
Liberty
All
liberties
are in
service to
human
life, and
the First
Amendment
to the
U.S.
Constitution
sets forth
the order
of
liberties
necessary
for a just
society:
“Congress
shall make
no law
respecting
an
establishment
of
religion,
or
prohibiting
the free
exercise
thereof;
or
abridging
the
freedom of
speech, or
of the
press; or
the right
of the
people
peaceably
to
assemble,
and to
petition
the
government
for a
redress of
grievances.”
The
Pre-Partisan
Political
Platform
affirms:
-
The
first
freedom
is that
of
religious
liberty,
and only
when it
is
secured
is there
freedom
of
speech,
press,
assembly
and
redress
of
grievances.
The
“free
exercise
thereof”
is
secured
as
Congress
gives no
preference
to one
church
denomination
or
religious
organization
over
another;
as it
refuses
to
establish
churches,
and as
it is
free
itself
from
being
established
by a
church.
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The goal
is “free
exercise,”
which is
to say
that
citizens
of all
religious
or
philosophical
persuasions
are
invited
to
participate
in the
political
process
according
to their
express
beliefs,
to
participate
on a
genuine
level
playing
field.
-
Religious
liberty
celebrates
the
enfranchisement
of all
minority
worldviews,
guaranteeing
the vote
to all
law-abiding
citizens.
Majority
and
plurality
religious
or
political
worldviews
expect
no more
freedom
to
advocate
their
positions
than the
freedom
minority
worldviews
have. By
the same
token,
minority
worldviews
have no
more
freedom
to see
their
positions
morally
or
legally
enfranchised,
beyond
what
they can
win
through
the
persuasion
of the
consent
of the
governed.
-
For
those
who by
choice,
circumstance
or the
brokenness
of
adversity
do not
participate
fully or
partly
as
members
of the
historic
family
unit,
they
should
be
equally
free
from
punitive
laws
restricting
private
associations.
All
persons,
however,
must
accept
accountability
for the
public
consequences
of their
private
associations
and
actions,
and in
no way
deprive
others
of life,
liberty
or
property.
-
The
education
of
children
is the
primary
responsibility
and
liberty
of
parents.
As such,
government
must
serve
this
prerogative,
and
serve
local
liberties
to
define
the
nature
and
relationship
between
private
and
public
education.
This
freedom
of
choice
in
primary
and
secondary
education
is the
foundation
for a
vibrant
higher
education,
for this
nation’s
commitment
to a
genuine
liberal
arts
discipline
in all
the
sciences,
and thus
for
preparation
of
leadership
in all
sectors
of the
culture.
-
There is
a
crucial
liberty
for
people
to
choose
their
own
means of
health
coverage,
retirement
provision
and
other
“insurance”
and
“social
security”
type
needs
apart
from
government
mandated
means.
By the
same
token,
where
government
means
have
been
mandated
in the
past,
all such
promises
must be
honored.
-
The
liberty
for
citizens
to
disobey
civil
government
is only
applicable
when and
if the
Bill of
Rights
were to
be
abridged
by the
force of
a
coercive
and
unconstitutional
State
power,
thus
seeking
to force
citizens
to deny
their
religious
or other
beliefs
in word
or deed.
-
An
immigration
policy
rooted
in the
identity
of the
United
States
as a
nation
of
immigrants
reflects
the
power to
give;
our
future
identity
is
rooted
in the
same
power to
give
that
welcomes
legal
immigrants.
-
In its
international
role,
the
United
States
should
model
its
constitutional
freedoms.
Wherever
religious,
political
and
economic
liberties
are
respected
or
sought
after,
the
United
States
is free
to join
in
mutually
appropriate
relationships.
As well,
the
United
States
maintains
its
prerogative
for
national
sovereignty
and
defense
as the
best
means to
be an
agent
for
religious,
political
and
economic
liberty
within
the
community
of
nations,
respecting
equally
the same
aspirations
of all
other
peoples.
-
Liberty
can only
be
forfeit,
after
due
process,
when a
person
deprives
another
of his
or her
rights.
Property
Once
life and
liberty
are
secured,
property
rights and
the
pursuit of
happiness
become
possible.
The
Pre-Partisan
Political
Platform
affirms:
-
The
ownership
and
protection
of
private
property,
to keep
what is
honesty
earned,
to buy,
sell,
and
trade
based on
the
same;
this is
the
liberty
for all
to
pursue.
-
The
reservation
of
rights
to
property
belongs
first
with the
people,
and then
within
the
local
and
state
jurisdictions
that are
outside
the
scope of
a
limited
federal
government.
-
The
jurisdiction
of a
limited
federal
government
includes
those
areas
where
interstate
cooperation
is
necessary
for the
common
good;
such as
national
defense,
commerce
and the
protection
of the
environment;
as well
as the
protection
of life,
liberty
and
property
in
capacities
that
transcend
an
individual
state
jurisdiction,
or
supersede
it in
concert
with the
unalienable
rights
to life,
liberty
and
property.
-
The
right
for
collective
bargaining
in labor
matters,
and the
right
not to
participate
in the
same,
are
equally
necessary.
-
Tax
policies
must
support
society’s
dependence
on the
historic
family
unit,
must be
in fair
proportion
to
government’s
legitimate
needs,
must be
derived
from
productive
economic
activity,
and must
encourage
entrepreneurial
ventures
and
capital
formation
for
businesses
and job
creation.
-
The
ethical
commitment
and
logical
order of
a free
market
economy
is:
“Earn
all you
can,
save all
you can,
employ
all you
can, and
give
away all
you
can.”
Accordingly,
it is
understood
that
wealth,
and the
cognate
power
for
charity,
are
produced
by
families
and
workers
in the
private
sector,
not by
government.
Government
serves
the free
market
economy
in its
constitutional
role of
protecting
life,
liberty
and
property.
-
The
support
of the
historic
family
unit
rooted
in the
faithful
presence
of both
the
father
and
mother,
is the
best
deterrent
to
criminal
actions
that
violate
persons
and
property,
and the
best
deterrent
to
substance
abuse.
-
Property
can only
be
forfeit,
after
due
process,
when a
person
deprives
another
of his
or her
rights.
The
Pre-Partisan
Political
Platform
affirms
the above
principles
as a
guideline
for
specific
public
policies.
It
believes
that the
government
that
governs
the least
governs
the best,
and
accordingly
is
committed
to
reducing
the
complexity
and amount
of current
local,
state and
federal
statutes
as much as
possible.
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Specific Application
Under the
definitions
of life,
liberty
and
property,
these
tightly
worded
statements
give
freedom
for public
debate on
a level
playing
field, and
can thus
result in
much
simpler
laws. All
statements
are as
proactive
as
possible,
affirming
the good,
which is
to say,
trusting
that where
light
shines,
the
darkness
will
dissipate.
There is
no need to
waste ink
chasing
down and
accusing
the
darkness.
Thus,
debates
over such
issues as
human
abortion,
same-sex
marriage,
capital
punishment,
church and
state,
minority
rights,
laws
regarding
human
sexuality
and
pornography,
education,
health
insurance,
civil
disobedience,
immigration,
international
relations,
war and
peace,
property
law,
eminent
domain,
federalism,
labor,
taxes,
economic
well
being,
substance
abuse, and
a range of
others,
find their
respective
places to
be
addressed.
So much
in
partisan
politics
is
marketed
as being
for or
against a
certain
legislative
bill,
which may
or may not
be
informative
as to
where a
given
legislator
stands on
the
deepest
issues
underlying
the bill.
Thus,
“congressional
scorecards”
or “voter
guides”
can be
suspect –
they often
judge the
candidate
or
representative
on
politically
compromised
or
fungible
language.
Let’s
define the
terms
clearly on
the
deepest
issues,
and once
we know
where a
political
candidate
or office
holder
stands, we
have
better
ability to
trust how
he or she
will
interpret
and vote
on sundry
legislation.
This is
the goal
of the six
pillars
and Mars
Hill
Society
platform.
In
essence,
these
realities
translate
into what
can be
called, in
the
penultimate
sense, a
“pro-life
libertarian”
political
position –
the best
way to sum
up the
Declaration
of
independence,
the U.S.
Constitution
and the
federalist
Papers –
all rooted
in
unalienable
rights
given by
the
Creator.
Liberty is
central.
And
liberty
has a
deliberate
order
where
religious
liberty
allows
political
liberty
which
allows
economic
liberty.
Summation
Rooted
in the
pursuit of
simplicity,
truth
telling
and
transparency
as a
summation
of the six
pillars,
the
Pre-Partisan
Political
Platform
believes
the
following
eight
goals can
be
realized:
-
The
power of
a level
playing
field
for all
ideas to
be heard
equally
– the
truth
can then
best be
understood.
-
The
power to
maximize
unalienable
rights
for all
people
equally.
-
The
power to
build a
healthy
society
rooted
in the
nature
of
marriage
and
parenthood.
-
The
power to
reduce
statutory
law by
at least
99
percent,
and thus
reduce
the size
of state
government
drastically,
while
greatly
increasing
the
quality
of the
government
for its
essential
purposes.
-
The
power to
cut
state
taxes
drastically.
-
The
power of
an
unleashed
free
market
economy
to help
the
state
become
the best
destination
in the
nation
for
honest
and
creative
businesses.
-
The
power of
an
unleashed
free
market
economy
to cut
health
care
costs
drastically,
while
greatly
increasing
its
quality
and
access
to all
people
equally.
-
The
power of
an
unleashed
free
market
economy
to set
local
neighborhoods
free to
prosper,
to build
up the
middle
class,
and
serve
tangible
hope and
prosperity
for the
poor and
needy.
Simplified
State and
Federal
Constitutions,
and
Statutory
Law
As
earlier
noted,
James
Madison
stated:
“If the
laws be so
voluminous
that they
cannot be
read, or
so
incoherent
that they
cannot be
understood,”
then it
does us
little
good to
have an
elected
government.
When laws
are too
complex
for the
society at
large to
understand,
then
government
becomes
the
playground
for
various
politicians,
lawyers,
bureaucrats,
et al.,
whose
purposes
are other
than the
genuine
consent of
the
governed.
Madison
would be
horrified
at today’s
political
swamp in
the United
States,
and the
gathering
speed of
its death
spiral,
where mind
numbing
top-down
enslaving
complexities
serve a
self-appointed
elitist
political
class,
with their
allies.
The
purpose in
chapters 8
and 9, is
to take
Occam’s
razor and
return to
simplicity,
the power
of trust,
and hence,
the
liberty
into which
this
nation was
born and
aspired to
attain.
The
defining
partisanship
of the
Pre-Partisan
Caucus,
both
theologically
and
politically,
is the
creation
of a level
playing
field for
all
partisan
ideas to
be heard
equally.
Thus,
churches
can fully
participate
politically
as well.
They will
never be
asked to
endorse
candidates
or
parties,
but rather
are free
to host
forums
where all
candidates
for a
particular
office,
and/or
other
dissenters,
are
equally
invited to
be heard.
This is
above
reproach
in the
sight of
the
Internal
Revenue
Service,
even in
view of
the
unconstitutional
1954
federal
law that
sought to
restrict
the
political
liberties
of pastors
and
churches.
But
especially,
it is
biblical –
the power
of the
level
playing
field.
The
Pre-Partisan
Caucus is
sponsored
by the
Theological
Education
Institute
(TEI),
LLC. It is
neither a
non-profit
501(c)3
corporation,
nor a
political
action
committee
(PAC), nor
a
political
party,
thus
maximizing
its own
freedom as
a
voluntary
association.
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