Independent American Party
National Platform

1.  CHRISTIAN HERITAGE

God

We honor and recognize the Creator as the giver of our rights and liberties (Declaration of Independence). We believe that to maintain freedom, our political institutions must be founded upon faith in God and upon moral law. (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson)

We believe that religion is basic to good government. We believe in keeping religion in government, while keeping government out of religion.

We affirm that the Constitution makes no reference to "separation of church and state." We support the original meaning and intent of Jefferson's separation of church and state, which prohibits the government from establishing a national religion (e.g., Church of the U.S.), and prohibits government intrusion into religion. We maintain that government has violated both intents by its nationwide promotion of Secular Humanism (declared by court decree as a religion), and by court decisions which limit the free exercise of religion.

We fully support the first official Presidential Proclamation issued in the United States: "...it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will... that we may unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations... [and] to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue..." (George Washington, October 3, 1789).

Christian Nation

We acknowledge that America is historically and demographically a Christian nation tolerant of all religions. We hold that deeming our Constitution as a Christian and religious document is the strongest defense in preserving all God-given and Constitutional rights, and the rights of all religions.

We believe the First Amendment protects the right to publicly acknowledge God, pray, read the Bible, display the Ten Commandments, etc. in all public buildings, and to freely exercise our various religions, without government interference.

We recognize the Bible (America's first school textbook) as the primary source of principles upon which our laws and Constitution are founded.

We fully support our national motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" and oppose any efforts to remove it from our coins and currency. We oppose removing the name God, or references to Him, from buildings, songs, historical documents, or from the Pledge of Allegiance.

Paganism

We oppose Secular Humanism, paganism and Satan worship, not in terms of freedom of speech, nor as an attack on religious beliefs, but in terms of the ultimate negative impact upon families, communities, the survival of our Nation, and the erosion of those principles and values which have made this Country great.

Commentary:

By Petition to God    (National Chairman's Letter - August 2002)
Platform - Christian Heritage    (National Chairman's Letter - April 2003)
Christians and Public Policy    (by Dr. Phil Stringer)
Christians as Salt and Light    (by Dr. Phil Stringer)

America's Christian Heritage    (by Dr. Phil Stringer)
The United States: A Christian Nation    (by Dr. Phil Stringer)
Our Christian Culture    (by Dr. Phil Stringer)

The Culture War    (by Dr. Phil Stringer)
The New Paganism     (by Dr. Phil Stringer)
New Age Religion    (by Dr. Phil Stringer)