Justin's Political Corner

Last year, the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer created a bit of controversy when he wrote a piece claiming that the Native Americans deserved to be wiped out by European Christian settlers because they were “steeped in the basest forms of superstition, had been guilty of savagery in warfare for hundreds of years, and practiced the most debased forms of sexuality.”

The AFA quickly removed Fischer’s piece, with Fischer claiming that his critics were just “not mature enough” to handle the truth. 

This framework popped up again on Tuesday when Fischer discussed the American Revolution and claimed that it “was not a war of rebellion” because rebellion against governing authorities is a violation of Romans 13: 

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.

Since Romans 13 says that all governing authorities have been established by God and that rebellion against them is rebellion against God, it was necessary for Fischer to explain why the American Revolution was not actually a rebellion.  And he did that by claiming that once the colonies declared their independence from England, they had formed a new and sovereign government, meaning that the subsequent war that erupted was the result of a foreign power (i.e. England) invading our “sovereign, free, and independent territory.”

From the 07.03.2012 edition of AFR’s Focal Point:

h/t: Kyle Mantyla at RWW