Commissioners recognize Constitution Day
By Michael Gordon
At the beginning of today’s Fulton County Board of Commissioners meeting, Commissioner Bridget Thorne led the entire Board of Commissioners, along with Constitution advocates Richard Jordan and Michael Gordon (moi), in a proclamation recognizing “Constitution Day 2025.”
I was honored to be allowed to speak during this event. Here is the transcript of my speech:
Michael Gordon’s Speech on the U.S. Constitution 
“We are here today to honor and celebrate the birth of our US Constitution, which occurred on this day, 238 years ago, in the year 1787.
How then shall we honor and celebrate our Constitution? To answer this let us consider… what is our Constitution for?
Fortunately, this question is answered clearly in the Preamble…
We the People of the united States, in order to form a more perfect Union, to establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the Common Defense, promote the General Welfare, and to secure the Blessings of Liberty for ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the united States of America.
There you have it in a nutshell… this is what our Constitution is for… first and foremost TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION.
But how can we do this with the Left and Right at each other’s throat?
At first glance these two factions seem to oppose each other at every turn. The Left sees our problems as the result of government not doing things they should be doing, and therefore their solution is always to empower government with more and more authority. And the Right sees our problems as the result of government doing things they should not be doing, and therefore their solution is always to reduce government authority.
Fortunately, these factions do NOT really oppose each other, but rather they are two complementary sides of the same political coin.
Furthermore, by treating Left and Right as opposites, we miss the real enemies of our Constitution, namely, those who are against forming a more perfect union, who rely on the tactic of DIVISION to continually sow chaos and conflict between the Left and Right in order to increase their control over the lives and resources of all.
As the late and great Charlie Kirk has demonstrated again and again, the Left and Right should engage in meaningful discussions and debates under the Guidance of the Holy Spirit, rather than in senseless attacks. This will allow for the discovery of a truly complementary relationship between Left and Right regarding each issue, so the best ideas each side has to contribute will combine make the whole greater than the sum of the parts.
However, we must never make the mistake of treating UNITY and DIVISION as complements. To honor our Constitution, we can always work with those on the Left and Right who are committed to the purpose of UNITY, but it would be a mistake to attempt UNITY with those who seek to DIVIDE, because UNITY and DIVISION are forever opposite and irreconcilable, and UNITY can never be achieved by DIVISION.
To honor our Constitution we must not only study and teach each other what it means, but we must also agree to USE the Constitution for the purpose of UNITY in every area of concern. If both major parties can change how they see the other side from being irreconcilable opponents to being complementary partners, then our country and our Constitution will have a long a prosperous future.
Therefore it is this great potential of our Constitution to be the means of achieving a genuine HARMONY from a shared commitment to UNITY by both sides of the aisle, that is worthy of celebration… happy birthday dear beautiful Constitution!”
