General Wesley Clark and The First Amendment
“Democratic presidential candidate, General Wesley Clark, was leading the pack of 10 Democrats seeking the White House according to a Newsweek poll.
While the nation has been engulfed in a debate about church-state relations this summer, Clark was sounding off in a radio interview about the subject. Here’s what he said on WGCU 90.1, a public radio station in southwest Florida:
General Wesley Clark said: “I grew up believing that one of the basic principles in our country is that we would keep church and state separate...And we learned that in order to have freedom of religion, you’ve got to protect the state from the church ...
I think that it is better for our democracy and better for our religion if we keep the two separate.”
Actually, most non-revisionist historians will recognize that Clark has the uniquely American concept of freedom of religion exactly backward.
The founders weren’t trying to protect the government from the church—far from it. They were trying to protect the church from the government.
Even more to the point, none of our founding documents—not the Constitution, nor the Declaration of Independence—mentions ‘separation of church and state.’ Therefore, it is difficult to imagine how this might be ‘one of the basic principles in our country.’
When Clark talks about separation, it is not just religion and government, but religious values and government. I guess that’s how Clark, supposedly a Catholic, justifies and rationalizes his support for abortion on demand and homosexual domestic partnerships.
Clark apparently wants to go further than any prominent member of even the God-phobic Democratic Party has gone—excluding religious values from the public square and from public policy.”
General Wesley K. Clark, US Army
(1997-2000 )
General Wesley K. Clark became the Supreme Allied Commander Europe on 11 July 1997. He is also the Commander-in-Chief, United States European Command.
General Clark's last assignment was as Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern Command, Panama, from June 1996 to July 1997, where he commanded all U.S. forces and was responsible for the direction of most U.S. military activities and interests in Latin America and the Caribbean. His previous assignment was as the Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, J5, the Joint Staff (April 1994-June 1996) where he was the staff officer responsible for world-wide politico-military affairs and U.S. military strategic planning. He also led the military negotiations for the Bosnian Peace Accords at Dayton.
General Clark is an Armor Officer who has commanded at every level from Company to Division. As the Commander 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas (August 1992-April 1994), he transitioned the Division into a rapidly deployable force and conducted three emergency deployments to Kuwait. During the Cold War, he commanded the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (April 1986-March 1988), and the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor, 4th Infantry Division (February 1980-June 1982) at Fort Carson, Colorado. General Clark has also commanded three companies, to include a mechanized infantry company in combat in Vietnam.
General Clark spent 5 years training leaders and soldiers at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, California, and with the Battle Command Training Program (BCTP). As the Commander of National Training Center (October 1989-October 1991), General Clark helped train many of the forces that subsequently saw combat operations in Desert Storm. During this time period, he developed new training methodologies for Division and Corps level training, helping to train 13 Divisions, and he conducted the first ever Corps level BCTP training exercise. In his first assignment at the National Training Center, as Commander Operations Group (August 1984-January 1986), he revised the overall training program by improving scenarios, enhancing After Action Reports, and developing the first Brigade-level training exercise and the first heavy-light rotations.
In addition to his work on the Joint Staff, his other major staff assignments have included service as Deputy Chief of Staff for Concepts, Doctrine and Developments, US Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia (October 1991-August 1992), Chief of the Army's Study Group, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army, Washington, DC (October 1983-July 1984); Chief, Plans Integration Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, United States Army, Washington, DC (July 1983-September 1983).
General Clark is a 1966 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he graduated first in his class. He holds a master's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar (August 1966-August 1968). He is a graduate of the National War College, Command and General Staff College, Armor Officer Advanced and Basic Courses, and Ranger and Airborne schools. General Clark was a White House Fellow in 1975-1976 and served as a Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. He has also served as an instructor and later Assistant Professor of Social Science at the United States Military Academy.
Among his military decorations are the Defense Distinguished Service Medal (three awards), Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit (four awards), Bronze Star Medal (two awards), Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), and the Army Commendation Medal (two awards).
General Clark was born on 23 December 1944 and grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is married to the former Gertrude Kingston of Brooklyn, New York. He and his wife have one son, Wesley, who lives in California
Posted by: akabezalel
Father, Wesley Clark and his Family need Salvation. Holy Spirit I release You to work in his heart and mess up his life to bring him to Jesus for his Salvation! Lord, if he will not accept Jesus as Lord and Savior then remove him from his office of authority and place a man or woman in that office that will follow You and re-instate Your Word as the basis for our freedom. In the Name of Jesus! AMEN!
Posted by: angelofthelord
Father forgive Wesley Clark and those who follow his ideals.
Posted by: prayyior
Father, Help! Deliver this man and his family from evil. AMEN
Posted by: pickone
Father, in Jesus Name we ask You to bless this man with the skills he needs to be a leader in Your kingdom, and we ask You to send only Spirit filled believers to lead our country to Your favor. In Jesus' Name we ask it...Amen.
Posted by: JeriRose12
Lord, I bet he likes the American Civil Liberties Union, too. And this group MUST go! I pray they disband! I pray they all get saved! I pray they realize this amdendment was to protect THE CHURCH from the state and NOT vice versa!
Lord, they have said the army should not help the Boy Scouts, because the Boy Scouts are for "God and country."
They say let's not display the 10 commandments, because God must be thrown out of any public influence.
They say let Roe vs. Wade stand, because we can not legislate moratily. While they try to legislate evil.
Lord, save Wesley Clarke! Save his friends in the American Civil Liberties Union. They are all in need of You!
While You are in the saving business, don't forget the Clintons, the Kerrys, the Kennedys, the Edwards.... and all other families who lean to the left. I pray for Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell and Rick Larsen. Save them and their entire families.
Send REVIVAL to America!
Send revival to the floors and halls of the House and Senate.
Let us see waves of salvations among poeple of influence!
In Jesus Name, I pray, amen!!!
~JeriRose~
Finding YOU in 2004
Posted by: Sulten
Dear Heavenly Father, we know that it is the plan of the adversary to turn truth and light into darkness and corrupt the sacred values and great constitution our country was founded on. I join others this day in prayer that the land would be a place for religious freedom and protection from conspiring men and evil. We pray that others may be incited to pray for and stand up for all that we hold dear and the foundation of our religious freedoms. I ask that thou would block the way for these conspiring men to change that which is most sacred and precious. I give thanks to thee for the religious freedoms that abound at this time, but I recognize that the adversary is ever present seeking the way to tear down and destroy our agency. I pray for devine intervention for all that we hold dear and help us to stand up for these things and fight for our ideals. We pray for all those who represent our righteous ideals in public office and may their voice be made heard and the people back them. I know the power of good is greater then the power of the evil one. Please give us the victory and let us preserve our rights and our freedoms. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Posted by: prayyior
Holy Spirit lead the prayers here. Show us exactly how to pray that people will come to know you and that America will choose You, and discard the love of evil. Lord, Dear Lord, call the people to you. Send your Spirit forth to call all sinners to repentence, Send your Spirit forth to find and save those who are lost and walk in darkness. Lord, remove all who will not turn to you and accept your free gift with those who have or will. Lord, we pray for righteousness to prevail in every area of Government. Lord, renew in us the Your Spirit of Liberty for where the Spirit of the Lord IS...there is liberty! Let your Spirit move in Glory across America and with all her people. AMEN in the Name of Jesus.
