The conversation on the street centers around a strong division between the left and right in America right now. I’d contend we’re potentially more fragmented than ever but not polarized as the news and the political parties would lead us to believe, and issues like individual freedoms including states’ rights and the right to gun ownership are going to cause many to decide once and for all which issues are most important to them. For many of us, choosing which pieces of the Constitution are most important to us seems unacceptable, but so does overlooking the opportunity to reiterate once and for all what each amendment to this most important document means.
Why? If you put gun ownership rights above all else, for example, you’re going to need strange bedfellows like the ACLU to protect freedoms you consider highly important. At the same time, do you believe Christianity is America’s one true faith and strongly support the tenet “One Nation Under God”, precisely as worded? If you do, you might have to decide which of these is more important when you realize what it could take to move forward your personal priorities.
This isn’t said to mean one should compromise any of their rights as American citizens. What it does mean is we’ve evolved into a highly complex, money-centric, interest-based system.