Judge

I know Dr. Kennedy and I know Coral Ridge Ministries. I have no connection.

The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power.

The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows.

If government can give you rights, government can take them away from you.

Rights come from God, not from government.

Anytime you deny the acknowledgement of God you are undermining the entire basis for which our country exists.

But separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.

No, I think that we've got a basic discrepancy here between the rule of law versus the rule of man.

But I have made no plans to run for any office right now.

The First Amendment to the Constitution reflects that concept recognized in the Ten Commandments, that the duties we owe to God and the manner of discharging those duties are outside the purview of government.