Amending the Constitution.

I write in response to the proposal by Rep. Rick Roth requiring "66.67%" approval of future amendments to the Florida Constitution. He appears dissatisfied Republicans control only the three branches of government, and wants to quash any remaining vestige of citizen liberty in the so-called "Free State of Florida." It is not enough for Florida's enlightened leaders to almost control the government; they want it all.

Rep. Roth and his colleagues seek to turn government on its head. Rather than government existing for the people (remember that bit from the Declaration about governments being instituted among us to secure our "Rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"?), he and his fellow party members want us to exist solely for government. We cannot be trusted to responsibly raise our kids unless we do it their way, so "Don't Say Gay." We cannot be trusted to responsibly manage our affairs unless we do it their way, so bye bye local control over local issues best handled locally. We cannot be trusted to responsibly manage our bodies unless we do it their way, so goodbye to our wives', sisters' and daughters' rights to control when and whether to stay pregnant or give birth. We cannot be trusted to exercise our First Amendment rights responsibly unless we do it their way, so toodle-oo to our rights to protest, access public records, peaceably assemble, and air grievances. We cannot be trusted to decide what to read for ourselves unless we do it their way, so sayonara "bad" books in the library. No, they would rather simply tell us what to read, how to think, what to do, when to pay and, when all's said and done, to just shut up and take it.

And the last step is making it just that much harder to make law...