What This Is and How It Works
This is a body, a group, that seeks to restore America to her republic, in the nature of representing people, and being a moral, righteous, and constitutional democracy. The current form of America, the establishment and the bureaucracy, do not represent the American people, nor our interests. The American Republic is, first and foremost, an idea. It's an idea because the nation that is a republic is threatened. It's also this particular body you see before you, in this particular form, because this is a group that seeks to enact those principles.
Our ultimate goal is the restoration of the American Republic—a system defined by accountability, virtue, and the rule of law, rather than the dictates of an unelected bureaucracy. We begin this work here, as a private association of citizens governing our own affairs and communities. We ground our efforts in Christian-Protestant ideals, acknowledging that the American experiment was built on the functional truth that our liberties are inherent, not granted by the State.
In our pursuit of renewal, we remain peaceful and law-abiding. We hold the Constitution as the supreme Law of the Land. While we recognize the practical authority of the current establishment, we reclaim our right to intellectual and moral autonomy. We govern our internal conduct by established mechanisms of decorum and virtue, seeking to prove through our own example that a free, moral, and self-governing people is the only path to a lasting America.
Membership and Commitment
You'll be encouraged to read more in our Declaration of the Republic, and our Constitution. To maintain the integrity of our deliberations, the core activity of the Republic is reserved for Members. This is not to exclude, but to ensure that every participant is a vested stakeholder who has committed to our standards of decorum, charity, and intellectual integrity. To become a member, you need to pay assessments, which are contributions to our republic, every month. You need to be willing to commit to the values of the Constitution, of Christian ideals, at least functionally, and to be a democratic and virtuous participant.
We ground our Republic in the Christian-Protestant tradition, not to coerce personal faith, but because it provides the objective moral framework of Natural Law. We recognize, as the Founders did, that rights are inalienable because they are inherent to human nature, and that a free people must be a virtuous people.
You need to be willing to commit to the Constitution, and to the core of the intent of the Founding Fathers in how they perceived this nation to be run. So, this does not mean that we can't improve the nation, can't make adjustments; contrarily it certainly means we can and should do that. But those adjustments should be grounded in what the Constitution and what the essence of the Founders intended for the country to be, since that is what this country is, and it's a good one. In understanding what the Constitution means, you need to be willing to be grounded in the core of the Founders' interpretation and intent in writing it, and not a purely random, arbitrary, or baseless consideration of it. That, and the early history of them and America, which was, to the degree it was, more in sync with that substance.
Carrying out justice, acting on behalf of peace, loving your neighbor and being charitable. That is what it means to be an American. Participate in democracy, and engage with truthful and integral ideas, ones that are your own, that are insightful. Listen to your friends' ideas; your friends are your countrymen and women in this Republic.
We commit to civic activity here. We are the American Republic.
We welcome people of all viewpoints, including the viewpoints of those we vehemently disagree with, provided they make them in good-faith, with good reason, and with a real commitment to the truth.