Why Morality Matters

Section 5 of Article I states that “each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.”

Defining “disorderly behavior” requires first having a universal standard of right and wrong. When the Constitution was penned, that standard was the Bible, the Word of God. Over the years, especially in the last 40-50 years, values clarification and moral relativism have been taught to children in our public schools. This resulted in a gradual erosion of standards of acceptable behaviors. As a result the bedrock of our national morality has crumbled.

There was a time when “disorderly behavior” would have been universally understood to include crimes such as fornication with young interns, manslaughter (does Chappaquiddick ring a bell?), taking of bribes, embezzling public funds (or private ones for that matter), lying while under oath, lying while NOT under oath, etc., etc.

When We the People turn a blind eye to decaying morals, we shouldn’t be surprised to find immorality among our elected officials. America is, in the eloquent words of Robert H. Bork, “slouching towards Gomorrah.”

“America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within.” --Josef Stalin