PierzStyx

[QUOTE=PierzStyx;3902459]Actually it was a combination of spiritual and worldly things. First for the worldly: I've always been loyal to the idea of the Constitution. I'm a history student and an American History major. And reading the Constitution something spoke to my heart, something about the power of its promises and the beauty of its language. A document so simple as even a novice high school student could understand it yet so powerful it struck the balance between the powers of the government and the individual. It was beautiful to me and still is incredible to me. I was always biased towards the Republicans because they spoke the language of the Constitution and promised to limit government and protect the rights of the people as the Constitution promised. But as I matured I became disillusioned with them. They talked the talk but never walked the walk. When I could register to vote I registered as an Independent, though I cast my first vote ever for a Republican, State Rep. Tom McClintock in his run for Governor (who should have won it would have been infinitely better for California than who did win.) As time went on, and I began studying what my faith taught about the role of government, the Constitution, and the importance of everyone's liberty (more on that later) I became more and more "radical" because I began to believe more and more in strict limited government and protection of man's rights even our right to do wrong. In the 2008 election I never listened to the Republicans. I had long since given up on them as a party and voted for Chuck Baldwin. What actually alerted my to Dr. Paul this election though wasn't even someone in America. Of all people and things it was MEP Daniel Hannan of the European Union Parliament. I had come across him by accident and fell in love with his conservatism. I wished he were American so I could vote for him in the coming 2012 elections. One YouTube video I watched he talked about his respect for Republican Ron Paul and talked about how he really understood the Constitution. This really perked me up. A Republican who really understood the Constitution and fought for limited government? Was it even possible even more? So I YouTubed "Ron Paul" and began watching his videos. The rest is history. I feel in love with him overnight. He quickly became my political hero and I began shouting his name form the rooftops!

Now the spiritual story: I'm a Latter-day Saint aka Mormon. In our theology the Constitution isn't just another government document. In a series of revelations given through the Church's founding prophet, the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jesus Christ spoke of the importance of the Constitution. One such quote form these revelations is in my signature below. He says the Constitution was written by men under the influence of Heaven who He raised up for that specific purpose, comes from Him, and He commands that it should be upheld and maintained to protect the rights of all people. Christ even goes so far as to say the only legitimate law is the limited constitutional law and that "any thing that is more than this cometh of evil." Reading these revelations, and other pronouncements from the Prophet Joseph Smith calling the Constitution "a Heavenly banner" and declaring that only gold and silver should be used as money as the "inspired Constitution" commanded blew me away. I read the Constitution, felt the power of its inspiration, and fell in love with my freedoms, the liberty God had given me and made me free indeed. When I found out about Dr. Paul, an actual constitutional politician who just didn't talk the talk but had walked the walk for over 20 years, it was awesome. With all the zeal of religious fervor I dedicated my causing to seeing Ron Paul became President of the USA so that the restitution of America's liberty could begin. Now I know some of you may find all this surprising considering Romney is also LDS and he is about as Constitutional as FDR. Sadly many LDS people are this way and I think its because they're deceived form the same "conservative propaganda" that I used to be tricked by. I, and the few other LDS supporters of Dr. Paul I know are working hard to wake our brethren and sister us to the awful calamity we face if Dr. Paul isn't elected.

The Prophet Joseph Smith wasn't the last person to talk about the importance of constitutional limited government in my faith, here are a few others. One from Apostle Dallin H. Oaks (a Utah State Supreme Court Judge before entering the higher levels of church leadership) : [URL="http://lds.org/ensign/1992/02/the-divinely-inspired-constitution?lang=eng&query=constitution"]http://lds.org/ensign/1992/02/the-divinely-inspired-constitution?lang=eng&query=constitution[/URL]
and also another more recent Prophet Ezra Taft Benson(who also served as Secretary of Agriculture under Eisenhower before his call to be Prophet) : [URL="http://lds.org/ensign/1987/09/the-constitution-a-glorious-standard?lang=eng&query=constitution"]http://lds.org/ensign/1987/09/the-constitution-a-glorious-standard?lang=eng&query=constitution[/URL] The cause of individual liberty is a righteous cause.

God bless Dr. Paul and the cause of liberty we fight for![/QUOTE]