This is a body, a group, that seeks to restore America to her republic, in the nature of representing people, and being a moral, righteous, and constitutional democracy. The current form of America, the establishment and the bureaucracy, do not represent the American people, nor our interests. The American Republic is, first and foremost, an idea. It's an idea because the nation that was a republic has vanished. It's also this particular body you see before you, in this particular form, because this is a group that seeks to enact those principles.
Our ultimate goal is to return America to a republic, not an unelected, unaccountable, and immoral bureaucracy, or even an oligarchy. We start off here, by governing ourselves autonomously, and by practicing Christian values and worship, to ground us in where our rights and liberties come from. It's important to emphasize Christianity, because even if you don't believe in God, you should believe in the functional aspects of it, as the Founders were very clear that our rights do not come from government. They come from the virtue of being a human being, and are thus inalienable. That's a Christian principle in its roots, and let's not get it twisted by denying its foundation.
We move on to govern ourselves completely autonomously. We don't propose breaking the laws of the United States. But we do propose obeying the Constitution as the law of the land, and deny any moral obligation to fulfill or obey unconstitutional laws. We're not advocating for anything illegal, but we're also not saying you have a duty to do what's immoral and unconstitutional, just because the establishment and bureaucracy says so. We govern ourselves by establishing mechanisms of decorum and virtue, proposing civic activities to move politically, by defending and supporting ourselves and our intents, and moving toward the virtues of American republican democracy as it should be.
You'll be encouraged to read more in our Declaration of the Republic, and our Constitution. Now, the main content and activity on this platform is gated for members, or citizens, only. This really is a republic. In order to participate, you need to be committed. To become a citizen, you need to pay assessments, which are contributions to our republic, every month. You need to be willing to commit to the values of the Constitution, of Christian ideals, at least functionally, and to be a democratic and virtuous participant.
To be clear, when I say commit to Christian ideals, I do just mean functional ones. You can believe whatever you want privately about religion; one of our Constitutional rights here is freedom of worship. The Founders supported Christianity and officially sanctioned it in most states in America, and this didn't violate the freedom of worship clause because they didn't force you to worship any being; but only encouraged the civic virtues of Christianity. Understand that American democracy is rooted in Protestant Christianity in its functional aspects. They wanted to support Christianity not because they wanted citizens to worship God, but because they knew that a Christian people is a moral one, and that a moral people is necessary to be a free people. Regardless of what you believe personally, acknowledge the virtues of Christian ideals that created this land and still form it as the basis of morality.
You need to be willing to commit to the Constitution, and to the intent of the Founding Fathers in how they perceived this nation to be ran. So, this does not mean that we can't improve the nation, can't make adjustments; contrarily it certainly means we can and should do that. But those adjustments should be grounded in what the Constitution and in what the Founders intended for the country to be, since that is what this country is, and it's a good one. In understanding what the Constitution means, you need to be willing to be grounded in the Founders' interpretation and intent in writing it, and not a purely random, arbitrary, or baseless consideration of it. That, and the early history of them and America, which was, to the degree it was, more in sync with that substance.
Carry out justice, act on behalf of peace, love your neighbor and be charitable. That is what it means to be an American. Participate in democracy, and engage with truthful and integral ideas, ones that are your own, that are insightful. Listen to your friends' ideas; your friends are your countrymen and women in this Republic.
We commit to civic activity here. We are the American Republic.
We welcome people of all viewpoints, including the viewpoints of those we vehemently disagree with, provided they make them in good-faith, with good reason, and with a real commitment to the truth.