A recent article on the “WorldNetDaily” Web site reported that “Minuteman Project” founder Jim Gilchrist might be interested in running for President as the Constitution Party’s nominee. This article quotes CP Chairman Jim Clymer as being excited about the possibility of such a Gilchrist candidacy. Gilchrist’s views on immigration are well-known. John Lofton interviewed him about some other important issues.
Originally found here:
GILCHRIST SAYS it is ‘wrong’ for ‘religion’ to dominate a nation
Q: Church and state. What’s the proper relationship, in your judgment, between church and state, between God and government?
A: Separate.
Q: God and government should be separated?
A: Yes, but I think we have our moral foundation. The foundation of our country - our Constitution came from our Judeo-Christianity background, and it has a place in moral conduct, but I would draw the line where a Cardinal…
Q: No, I’m not talking about the Catholic church. I’m talking about God and government. To what extent does the Scripture talk about the civil government and about how God’s Word ought to govern the civil government?
A: Oh, it’s a good thing. That’s how we get our morality — in God we trust, the 10 Commandments. I’m all for it. In the courtroom - absolutely, and in our schools. There’s nothing wrong with that. It teaches morality - it’s a code of conduct. It’s upsetting about what they did to the judge in Alabama . You know the judge I’m talking about.
Q: Roy Moore.
A: Yeah, Roy Moore.
Q: Who did you vote for in 2004 for President?
A: I voted for Mr. Peroutka.
(In a recent address in Tampa, Florida, to the Constitution Party’s National Committee, Gilchrist, criticizing Cardinal Roger Mahoney’s pro-illegal immigrant position which includes giving sanctuary to illegal aliens, said: “My leaning is towards the heritage of this nation more than to a religion. Religion is just a part of the nation. And what Cardinal Mahoney is trying to do is replace [the American flag] and what it represents with something akin to a Mideast theocracy. There’s nothing wrong with religion. We all believe in a God (god?) or savior of some sort. What is wrong is when you use that relation to dominate a nation and I think that is what Cardinal Mahoney is attempting to do by usurping the rule of law.”
In this same address, Gilchrist said, to applause, that illegal aliens “have no connection or respect for America ’s heritage. And I have no respect for them. I hope they put them all away in jail and slam the d—- door shut forever!” He added: “At stake is the very existence of the United States of America as we’ve known it.”)