Happy Bill of Rights Day!

It is axiomatic that if you do not know your rights it is difficult to exercise them.  Celebrating Bill of Rights Day is one way to create a broader understanding of this critical piece of the American fabric.  So if you are reading this post, you are likely interested in knowing what you can do.  In light of the monumental efforts of this Congress to grow the Federal government and, in the process, reduce our rights, all freedom loving Americans should consider doing something special to celebrate this Day.

December 15^th, is the anniversary of the 1791 ratification. The brilliance of the Bill of Rights, is that it was not merely an enumeration of specific freedoms, but it was a list of restraints on the government that elevated individual liberties to a level unique in the World.  It built on a uniquely western principle that certain individual rights were given by God himself and that no government could legitimately encroach on them.

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