WCGOP LINCOLN DAY LUNCHEON

Freedom of association guarantees our right to come together with other individuals to collectively express, promote, pursue and/or defend our common interests.

This year our Lincoln Day Dinner is scheduled for Saturday March 23, 2019 at the Timbermine Restaurant www.timbermine.com 10:30am – 2:00pm

As you are probably aware, our Lincoln Day Dinner is our annual fund raiser and a chance to celebrate our Party’s mission and its valuable contribution to our community. This year theme is “Freedom of Association.” The right to associate freely is an inalienable right and a cherished American principle. Without this freedom…there would be no political parties as we know them today.

A simple definition of the word liberty is “the state or condition of people who are able to act and speak freely.” It includes freedom from restraint or control from almost anything, other than illegal or harmful activities. When one looks around today, we do see our freedoms being lessened, while our government has morphed into an uncontrollable behemoth where the political elitists do as they please and damned be the people.

The freedom to join or leave groups who share a common viewpoint was guaranteed by our Founding Fathers. It allows us, under the First Amendment, freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. I believe that, with the recent attack on our constitutional rights of assembly, speech and association, by the Utah state legislature, our annual fundraiser might be the best forum (other than the SCOTUS) to make our case.

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