{"id":7801,"date":"2020-07-22T08:53:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T02:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=7801"},"modified":"2020-07-24T10:54:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T10:54:33","slug":"long-live-the-kings-part-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/community\/long-live-the-kings-part-2-of-3-20200722","title":{"rendered":"Long Live The Kings. Who Decides?\u2014 Guest Post by Frank Devenuto\u2014 Part 2 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
Frank Devenuto is running for state representative. He recently submitted a letter regarding voting and kings. This is part two of a three-part series. Part 1 can be read here<\/a>. Part 3 can be read here<\/a>.
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When people dishonor the flag and\/or do not vote, they are saying they no longer want to be king, they are abdicating their throne, and want someone else to rule them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reverend Hooker<\/h2>\n

Rev. Thomas Hooker, preaching about choosing wise men amongst themselves, said, \u201cThe choice of public magistrates belongs to the people\u2026according to the will and law of God\u2026They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates it is in their power also to set the bounds and limits of the power and places unto which they call them\u2026The foundation of authority is laid firstly in the free consent of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

A republic is defined as supreme\u00a0power\u00a0resting in\u00a0the\u00a0body\u00a0of\u00a0citizens\u00a0entitled\u00a0to\u00a0vote\u00a0for people who will represent them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

James Madison<\/h2>\n

James Madison, the father of the Constitution, wrote that \u201cthe ultimate authority\u2026resides in the people alone.\u201d James Wilson, who signed both the Declaration of Independence and Constitution stated, \u201cSovereignty resides in the people; they have not parted with it.\u201d Throughout our nation\u2019s history, leaders have made this same proclamation.<\/p>\n

\u2026The foundation of authority is laid firstly in the free consent of the people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Pledge of Allegiance<\/h2>\n

The Pledge of Allegiance is to the flag, \u201cand to the republic for which it stands.\u201d A republic is defined as supreme\u00a0power\u00a0resting in\u00a0the\u00a0body\u00a0of\u00a0citizens\u00a0entitled\u00a0to\u00a0vote\u00a0for people who will represent them. When people dishonor the flag and\/or do not vote, they are saying they no longer want to be king, they are abdicating their throne, and want someone else to rule them.<\/p>\n

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This is part two of a three-part series written by Frank Devenuto. Part 1 can be read here<\/a>. Part 3 can be read here<\/a>.
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Frank Devenuto is running for state representative for Missouri 143rd district. This is part 2 of a 3 part series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[244,223,230,247,249],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7801"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8067,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801\/revisions\/8067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}