14th Amendment, Licentiousness, and Nature’s God
The Bible is the authority to govern the lives of men. Man-made laws are deficient according to Mark 7:8-10, 13 and Matt 15: 1-20.
We are stewards, not owners, of people under our care according to 1 Cor 4:7b and Deuteronomy 23:15-16.
The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution attempts to capture this idea.
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment
Errors of the past were corrected when believers consulted the Scriptures (Psalm 127:1-2)
Deuteronomy 23:15-16 was the basis of the establishment of the Underground Railroad :
https://www.broomallrpc.org/articles/why-did-the-reformed-presbyterian-church-oppose-slavery
As fathers, we are given a mandate to remember our origins in Ephesians 6:4 and in Deuteronomy 6:20-25.
In light of this mandate, the 13th Amendment should explicitly reference Deuteronomy 23:15-16 and 1 Cor 4:7b to acknowledge the origins of our beginnings and our continuance as USA citizens .
We should not have a “double standard” or “favorites” distinguishing citizens of our land according to the following passages: Deuteronomy 25:13-16, Acts 10:34-35, Lev 24:22, Col 3:25b, and James 2:9.
The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution attempts to capture this idea.
“Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws…”
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/14th-amendment
The 14th Amendment allows licentiousness:
The Bible says that partiality towards a particular group of persons is not consistent with the image of God. He is not a respecter of persons (Acts 10:34-35, Deut 25:13-16,Col 3:25b, Jas 2:9, etc.).
The 14th Amendment unintentionally gives a U.S citizen license or freedom to do what ever they please in the name of life, liberty and property. This license or freedom is guided by a shifting standard of man made laws (Deuteronomy 6:20-25).
Impartiality is not the same as license.
The following scriptures inform us that we should not use our liberty as an occasion to promote corruption: Romans 6:1, 13, 16, Galatians 5:13. If our legislators were attuned to Scripture, rather than the Separation of Church Mistake, we should have resolved this blatant error.
“…The Supreme Court has also used the Equal Protection Clause to prohibit discrimination on other bases besides race. Most laws are assessed under so-called “rational basis scrutiny.” Here, any plausible and legitimate reason for the discrimination is sufficient to render it constitutional. But laws that rely on so-called “suspect classifications” are assessed under ‘heightened scrutiny.’ Here, the government must have important or compelling reasons to justify the discrimination, and the discrimination must be carefully tailored to serve those reasons. What types of classifications are “suspect”? In light of the history of the Equal Protection Clause, it is no surprise that race and national origin are suspect classifications. But the Court has also held that gender, immigration status, and wedlock status at birth qualify as suspect classifications. The Court has rejected arguments that age and poverty should be elevated to suspect classifications…” (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/articles/amendment-xiv/clauses/702)
What happened?
The image of God that is found in the phrase “Laws of Nature and Nature’s God” in the Declaration of Independence was lost before the Constitution was ratified in 1790.
The guidelines of collaboration from Deuteronomy 23-25 should have been the rule of law to permit fairness and equitable treatment of citizens.
The Image of God now speaks to us from Deuteronomy 6:20-25 and Ephesians 6:4:
