Is It Really the Constitution You Believe In?

This is probably the most political post I’ve ever written even though I’m not trying to open a floodgate of politics with this post.  My mom and I tried to talk about our political beliefs 12 years ago and we didn’t talk for 4 months after.  Seriously.  Silent treatment on both sides.  We agreed to disagree and that’s the way I like it not only with family but with everyone. 
 
Here's the thing:  I'm so f****** tired of people using the Constitution in order to justify their beliefs.  For example, after the recent shootings we find ourselves once again revisiting gun laws.  It scares me to death that one day, my daughter will have to walk through metal detectors at school, the movies, restaurants, college campuses, malls, etc.  And it scares me to death that people who staunchly defend the 2nd Amendment right to have firearms are perfectly fine with that. 
 
Hey 2nd Amendment loyalists!  Guess what?  When the Constitution was written in 1787, the 2nd Amendment made sense.  I wouldn’t have wanted the British invading my house and pointing a musket in my face.  But it’s 2015 and the only muskets I’ve seen have been behind glass cases in a museum.  So the firearms that our forefathers wrote about in 1787 are not accessible to the public.  Check out that irony.
 
Moving on to another hotly contested amendment:  the 1st Amendment right to freedom of religion.  Yes, it’s Kim Davis time.  She went from a “nobody” to a “somebody” when she decided not to sign marriage licenses for gay couples.  Even though she is an elected official, she can’t perform her job as a county clerk because her 1st Amendment right is violating her right to religion. 
 
Huh.  Okay, Ms. Davis.  Let me get this straight just so I’m not confused.  You’ve been married 4 times; the last two marriages didn’t even take place in a church.  You committed adultery, which led to one of your divorces.  You’ve had a couple of kids out of wedlock.  But your 1st Amendment right is being violated because you won’t issue marriage licenses to gay couples who have been together longer than all 4 of your marriages combined?
 
Now, I haven’t been to church in a while but I am Catholic and if Ms. Davis is a die-hard Christian as she claims to be, then the bible I remember is very different from the bible of Ms. Davis.  I’m pretty sure that children out of wedlock are frowned upon, “thou shalt not commit adultery” is a commandment, and in the Book of Malachi, “God hates divorce.” 
 
Now, like I said, I am Catholic but the ways of the Catholic Church are archaic (along with some bible passages.)  I personally don’t have a problem with divorce or children born out of wedlock.  I DO have a problem with some blowhard using the 1st Amendment as an excuse to hide the fact that she is a bigot.
 
On July 10, 2015, the last remaining Confederate Flag at a government building was taken down in South Carolina.  In my opinion, it should have been taken down years ago, however, let bygones be bygones and the flag is down.  While most people cheered, as always, there were people who opposed the flag coming down.  And what did they base their argument on?  Their 1st Amendment Constitutional Right of Free Speech, and religion was violated.  Of course it was violated!  Let me think how it was violated…give me a second….I’ll have to come back to this one…
 
The bottom line is this:  I don't have a problem with people and their beliefs.  Not everyone is going to agree and that's okay.  If you think guns should be allowed in homes, if you think gay marriage shouldn’t be allowed, if you think that taking down the confederate flag was wrong, then tell us why you feel that way.  Just don't hide behind a 200-year-old document to do it.