I was asked to speak in my church on Constitution Day. In my faith, we believe this document was inspired by God, but that we have deviated from many of its important ideas.

One of our former leaders, Ezra Taft Benson, taught that the United States had "apostatized in various degrees from different Constitutional principles as proclaimed by the inspired founders."

I chose to briefly explore what principles President Benson was referring to, or at least a few of them:

The implications of our departure from these principles are significant and are responsible, I think, for our society moving closer and closer to becoming what Hamilton lamented as "wretched nurseries of unceasing discord". Yet it seems to me we rarely talk about them. We hack at leaves instead of roots.

Available in written format at https://www.culturestack.online/post/constitution-apostasy