Information on the our state convention is below, but even if you are a committed Republican, Libertarian of Independent, please try to come to the open to the public speaking events. We have had allot of interest, but I would ask you to invite others/ forward/ share. It is rare for us to have this great a lineup of speakers in Mississippi — especially at such a low cost.
If you believe our country is going in the wrong direction, and want to effectively return our law to its Biblical presuppostions and government to its Constitutional limits, please try to come to this event in Tupelo on June 1 and/ or 2.
Two quick questions for Christians, pro-life/ pro-family advocates, conservatives, TEA party activists and other advocates of liberty :
1) You only get to vote for President once every four years. What then?
2) Last year conservatives in Mississippi (like me) helped give conservative Republicans control of our state House of Representatives and to retain control of the Senate and seven of the eight statewide executive offices. Yet, most of the pro-life/ pro-family legislation died or was seriously watered down. And, I attended a meeting with TEA Party leaders from around the state and Lt Gov Reeves giving him a list of items on the legislative agenda of the Mississippi TEA Parties. Every item on this agenda failed. WHY?
If you want to learn how to apply Biblical & Constitutional principles to state & local issues; get ideas on how to more strategically & effectively apply these principles in state & local politics and meet like-minded people from around the state and the South, please try to attend the event below in Tupelo June 1st and/ or 2nd, bring someone with you, and help spread the word
* Update: There was a scheduling conflict with the Link Center, so we might be moving to a different location in Tupelo (details to follow)
Also, possible change in the speaking schedule — Sen Chris McDaniel might be speaking Friday night instead of Saturday.
Mississippi Constitution Party State Convention
Mississippi Constitution Party Convention
LINK Center Tupelo, Miss
Friday night, June 1 & Saturday June 2
For More Information or tot pre-register
email rileydad10@gmail.com
or call 662-760-8695
$50 Registration for the Full Convention and Friday Supper for Constitution Party Members
$ 20 Suggested donation for general public to attend speaking sessions only
Friday Night
Open Doors/ Book tables at 4:00
Registration 5:00 to 6:00
Convention Supper at 6:00 (paid members only $50 for full convention)
Call to order — Les Riley
Reading of Old Business — Vince Thornton
Report from National Convention — Curtis Caine
Nomination of Presidential ticket, electors
Nomination of officers
7:00 Open to public ($20 suggested donation admission for both days)
7:00 to 7:15 Welcome and opening remarks — Les Riley
7:15 to 8:00 Joel McDurmon — The Welfare-Warfare State
8:00 to 8:15 Book tables open, Break, fellowship
8:15 to 9:00 Micheal Peroutka — the American View of Law and Government and The Institute on the Constitution
9:00 to 10:00 Book Tables/ Fellowship/ Q&A
Saturday
8:00 AM to 11:45 Convention for Members; Book tables for general public
* Convention Open to Paying Members ($50 per head)
General Public Invited for $20 suggested donation
Call to order — Les Riley
Election of Officers
Discussion of State Platform, Bylaws, Budget, Campaigns other party business
Introduction of Candidates
Speeches, Q & A with Tom Cramer US Senate Candidate and Jim Bourland District 1 US House Candidate
11:45 to 12:30 Break for Lunch
Life & Liberty Conference:
Strategically Apply Biblical & Constitutional Principles to State & Local Issues Effectively
12:30 to 1:00 Welcome – Opening Remarks — Les Riley
1:00 to 1:45 Ricardo Davis — The Lordship of Christ and the Christian Reformation of Political Action
Break/ Book Tables
2:00 to 2:45 Joel McDurmon — County Level Reformation
2:45 to 3:30 Senator Chris McDaniel — State Sovereignty, Obamacare and other Federal Intrusions
Break/ Book Tables
3:45 to 4:30 — Rev. E. Ray Moore — Indoctrination, Education, and the Future Faith, Family, & Freedom
4:30 to 5:15 Michael Peroutka — Keynote
5:15 to 6:00 Q&A/ Discussion/ Book Tables
Convention Closes at 6:00 Sharp
Our Bold Vision for Faith, Family, and Freedom
Honor God, Defend the Family, Restore Liberty
“If men will not be governed by God, they will be ruled by tyrants.” – Wm Penn
What is the Constitution Party of Mississippi? We are a fully recognized political party in Mississippi. Since 1992 we have been working to give people of conscious who don’t want to waste their votes giving them to candidates from the two who will continue to take us down the road to perdition & tyranny; who will take our hard earned money, property, and liberty; who will continue to allow the taking of life under the color of law and the advance of evil calling it freedom; who will turn the Biblical admonitions to rulers — “to be a terror to evil doers” and to “fear God & hate covetousness” — on their head; and who will take the blessings of liberty, of Constitutional & limited government, of family, of faith, of free enterprise — and the prosperity that these produce — and sell them for a mess of pottage, using money taken from hardworking families, businesses, and individuals to buy votes and using fear to trick people into voting away their freedom.
We take seriously the warning and call our friends to the high calling of George Washington, the Father of our Country at the Constitutional Convention:
“If to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how will we later defend it?
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair.
The event is in the hand of God”
Since 1992 we have been raising this standard here in Mississippi – we have run candidates for office in every election, for: supervisor; judge; state senate and house of representatives; US house of representatives; governor; commissioner of agriculture; and president.
In the last statewide General Election the Constitution Party had more candidates on the ballot for the legislature & other state & county offices in Mississippi than any party besides the Republicans or Democrats had since 1923>
And Constitution Party state affiliates have begun to elect candidates in other states across the county.
Our goal:
“to restore American government to its Constiutional limits and American jurisprudence to its Biblical presuppositions“
Click here to read our platform.
According to the Independent Political Report, the American Constitution Party has achieved “major party status” in Colorado while the GOP barely missed the ignoble designation of being relegated to a “minor party”.
What brought this about? In the 2010 Gubernatorial Election, the presumption that a Republican candidate is the only legitimate choice for conservatives because they are “electable” and Constitution Party candidates are “spoilers” was literally turned on it’s head.
The Election was won by a liberal Democrat — the mayor of Denver who received just over 50% of the vote.
Coming in second was Constitution Party nominee Tom Tancredo — who got in the mid 30% range. He possibly could have one if votes, attention and support hadn’t been diverted to the Republican nominee Dan Maes — who was a distant third with just over 10%
The Constitution Party is has begun electing candidates across the country for state and local office. The tide is turning and the Democrat-Republican Duopoly is being broken.
Beat the rush — join our efforts
Resources to Develop a Christian View of Government
Our friend Nathan Radcliffe from Ohio compiled these links on his Facebook Page & I thought they were worth sharing:
* I added one more on the bottom*
Resources to Develop a Christian View of Government
Chalcedon Foundation
http://chalcedon.edu/topics/
The Sufficiency of the Bible for Politics
A sermon by Joe Morecraft III
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1029102123546
Grace and Law Christian Policy Network
http://graceandlaw.com/
American Heritage Party Digest of Principles
http://americanheritageparty.org/princ.htm
American Heritage Party Platform
http://americanheritageparty.org/platform.htm
The American View
http://www.theamericanview.com/index.php?id=2&PHPSESSID=af31691aff17447a3ab38772745d8fb7
Institute for Principled Policy
http://www.principledpolicy.com/?page_id=5
Theonomy Resources
http://theonomydatabase.blogspot.com/
Biblical Principles for Choosing Civil Magistrates
By William Einwechter
http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/biblical_standards_for_choosin.aspx
Christian Worldview of History and Culture
http://www.christianworldviewofhistoryandculture.com/
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And one more — from me
The National Reform Association
Differences between Libertarian and Constitution Parties
I got an email the other day from a former Republican candidate for the legislature, conservative member of a moderate Republican official’s staff, and Personhood supporter.
He wanted to know the difference between the Constitution and Libertarian Parties in a few sentences. This article is a good starting point.
Even though it is written by a Libertarian instead of a CP guy and I don’t accept all of his presuppositions or agree with all of his conclusions I think he does an adequate job of laying out the differences.
