There’s a peculiar phenomenon in modern America: leftists who loathe the Constitution suddenly become its most devout preachers—so long as they can twist a verse or two to serve their agenda. They sound like atheists quoting the Bible: plucking isolated lines to make a point, all while scorning the very foundation the text was built on.
It’s not reverence. It’s rhetorical shoplifting.
They don’t believe in the Constitution any more than Richard Dawkins believes in divine inspiration. They believe in using it—briefly, selectively, and always out of context.
The Second Amendment Shuffle
Take the Second Amendment. “A well regulated Militia…” they recite with smug satisfaction, as if the rest of the sentence vanished into a puff of colonial musket smoke. Never mind the words “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.” Never mind the mountains of founding-era commentary that make clear the people are the militia, and that arms weren’t for duck hunting—they were for tyranny deterrence.
The left’s approach is theological revisionism. They interpret “well regulated” as meaning “disarmed by the ATF,” which is about as honest as quoting Jesus saying “judge not” while building gulags for thought criminals.
Free Speech for Me, Not for Thee
Then there’s the First Amendment. When a drag queen wants to perform for children in a public library, the left will howl about “freedom of expression” with all the fiery zeal of a Pentecostal preacher. But if a Christian baker politely declines to participate in a same-sex wedding ceremony, suddenly “freedom of religion” is an outdated loophole.
What happened to that sacred clause about Congress making no law abridging the free exercise of religion? Or the part where speech—even offensive, controversial, or traditionalist speech—is protected?
It’s gone. Forgotten. Redacted by the church of progressive orthodoxy.
The General Welfare Shell Game
The “general welfare” clause gets similar abuse. It appears in the preamble and Article I, Section 8—and in both places, it was never intended as a blank check for federal handouts. But that doesn’t stop leftists from citing it as divine sanction for every welfare program, tax scheme, or regulatory overreach they can dream up.
To the Founders, “general welfare” meant national well-being, peace, and prosperity—not cradle-to-grave dependency. Madison himself said it didn’t authorize “a general power of legislation.” But the modern progressive quotes it like a prosperity gospel preacher quotes “ask and ye shall receive.”
Due Process for Criminals—Not Citizens
When it comes to due process, illegal immigrants who’ve broken the law are entitled to “constitutional protections,” they argue. But law-abiding gun owners? Business owners? Parents objecting to radical gender curriculum? Not so fast.
Suddenly, the Constitution is “outdated.” “Evolving.” “Flexible.”
Translation? It means whatever they want, until it doesn’t.
A Macro Vision, Not a Menu
The Constitution, like the Bible, is not a menu. You don’t get to order the parts you like and send back the rest. You can’t invoke “render unto Caesar” and ignore “thou shalt not steal.” Likewise, you can’t champion the First Amendment when it defends drag shows, then silence dissent on campus in the name of “safety.”
The Founders wrote a framework—not a collage. It is a cohesive, moral, liberty-anchored vision of a republic. It’s not perfect, but it’s consistent. And consistency is what the modern left cannot tolerate—because consistency demands accountability.
They quote Jefferson on separation of church and state, but ignore his views on federal restraint. They quote Hamilton when it suits centralized control, but ignore his contempt for mob rule. They quote “promote the general welfare,” but despise “secure the blessings of liberty.”
It’s not interpretation. It’s manipulation.
The American Creed Is Not for Sale
We have to stop letting those who despise the American creed pretend to be its faithful stewards. If you burn the flag, mock the Founders, and rewrite the past to fit your utopia, you don’t get to wear the Constitution like a Halloween costume.
You don’t believe in it. You just want it to believe in you.
But the Constitution wasn’t written to flatter the ambitions of politicians. It was written to chain them. And that’s why the left hates it—because it tells them “no.” No to power grabs. No to censorship. No to mob rule. No to endless redistribution.
So next time you hear a leftist quoting the Constitution, remember: it’s not scripture to them. It’s a stage prop. And they’re not reading it to understand—they’re reading it to control.
And that, my fellow citizens, is why we must read it for real. In full. In context. As patriots, not parasites.
Let them quote the Bible like atheists. We’ll live by it like Americans.
