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Sons of Liberty - New Jersey
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Welcome to the Sons of Liberty webpage.  I decided after the debacle of the last general election in 2012 to put up this webpage in order to have a voice.  Like many of you I have felt completely helpless against what unfortunately has happened - the second term election of Barack Hussein Obama, and what I believe to be the consequences of this election

The purpose of this webpage is myriad.  One of the most important reasons is for me to be able to write about what is going on in our country and to speak with likeminded Americans who want to be heard and also to know the comfort that there are people out there who think similar to you.  My first article for this page is "Thoughts on the Presidential Election of 2012."  I wrote this piece in November 2012 right after the election and as you will read, I have serious concerns about our future.  In the comings days, I'll write on political issues as well as morality issues, since they are truly linked.

President George Washingon said in his 1796 Farewell address:  "Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connexions with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?"

So here, forthwith, is my commentary in the blog to the right.  Let me know what you think.  

Gerri Gibney










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Free Discussion in the Marketplace

by Gerri Gibney on 03/03/13

I had a short conversation in the narthex of our church this morning with two friends about faith and morality in their lives, be it either in the workplace or in a social setting.  A few things really stood out about this conversation; first, it is heartening that we were having this conversation in the first place, and second; that others also are talking and thinking about the subject. 

 

 

Rich related that the subject of Pope Benedict’s resignation had come up in conversation in his place of work.  Under normal circumstances, this would not be very noteworthy since it was the topic for the last few weeks, but the remark made by one of his co-workers was; it went something like this, we should not be talking about religion at work.  Rich’s retort was right on target; he said something like, the last time I checked we were still in America and we did enjoy freedom of speech.  As it turns out, others in the group concurred. 

 

 

For my part in the conversation I related that every time I picked up a magazine in recent weeks, I was reading another article on morality, religion, and its absolute essentiality in the public square.  I pointed out that I had just read a book review entitled “The Faith of Americans” by Matthew J. Franck.  Mr. Franck is the director of the William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey.  The Witherspoon Institute is an independent research center that works to enhance public understanding of the moral foundations of free and democratic societies.  The Institute promotes the application of fundamental principles of republican government and ordered liberty to contemporary problems through a variety of research and educational ventures.  On their site is a section called “Public Discourse” wherein every day an article is published by a variety of writers on morality in the public square.

 

 

Getting back to my conversation after church with my two friends, Betty lamented that what could we, or should we be doing to counteract the progressives of this country.  She answered her own question  by saying she never misses an opportunity to stand tall when the subject comes up concerning morality or the lack of it in our lives.

 

 

I am thankful for people like these who stand up and speak out.  And, I thank God I am not alone. 

 

 

Gerri Gibney

 

March 3, 2013

 

 

Comments (1)

1. Richard H. said on 3/4/13 - 05:09PM
Barack Hussain Obama is beyond a Traitor. He borders on a Socialist dictator . He rules by Decree not by the legislature. This has been his way of operation always. His hidden destructive agenda.


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