{"id":1777,"date":"2012-10-24T15:33:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T20:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathrynlopez\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2012-10-24T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T20:33:38","slug":"a-quick-reminder-about-protecting-what-weve-got","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathrynlopez\/2012\/10\/a-quick-reminder-about-protecting-what-weve-got\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Reminder about Protecting What We&#8217;ve Got"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><blockquote><p>The Constitution is quite capable of protecting our liberties so long as those in office feel bound by its terms. For this reason, it seems to me that the American people have little to fear from public servants who take their religion seriously. In fact, I can\u2019t help wondering what changes there might be in the quality of public life today if more of our officeholders could be persuaded to take a truly scrupulous view of the responsibilites they assume when, with hand placed on Bible, they swear to faithfully discharge all the duties of their offices, according to the best of their abilities and understanding, so help them God. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>James L. Buckley, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/articles\/329166\/living-free-jim-buckley-interview\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Freedom at Risk<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Constitution is quite capable of protecting our liberties so long as those in office feel bound by its terms. 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