There’s no one better to begin our “Profiles In Constitutional Courage” series with than Rep. Bobby Franklin of Georgia. As Bobby has said, explaining why he ran for the Georgia House:
Rep. Bobby Franklin with Former Chief Justice Roy S. Moore and Michael Anthony Peroutka
Among the legislation introduced by Bobby has been legislation:
– To outlaw all abortions (HB 1.) This strong pro-life effort on Bobby’s part has predictably caused him to be viciously attacked and lied about. Because he believes all abortions are murder, Bobby rejects any efforts to simply regulate abortion (sonograms, parental consent) because after such regulations are obeyed, the unborn baby may still be killed.
– To make gold and silver the only legal tender for payment of debts by and to the state of Georgia pursuant to Article I Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution (HB 3.)
– To tax the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta as it would any other privately owned bank in the state of Georgia (HB 466.)
– To allow anyone, without a permit, to use their private residential property for the growing or raising of food crops or chickens, rabbits, or milk goats in home gardens, coops, or pens on private residential property so long as such food crops or animals or the products thereof are used for human consumption (HB 2.)
– To remove the Governor’s right to temporarily suspend or regulate the sale of guns during an emergency (HB 6.)
– To prevent local governments from adopting regulations or banning the sale of unprocessed agricultural products from the farmer to the consumer (HB 12.)
– To eliminate the income tax throughout the state and by any local governments in the state (HB 13.)
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Bobby Franklin, who passed away this weekend, was a giant — in faith, in intellect, in fidelity, in so much more. We came to be friends as we worked on the Constitutional Tender Act together — and I learned that if a majority of State legislators would only vote the Constitutional and Biblical way he voted, our State — and probably our nation — could be turned away from the coming destruction.
I know that Bobby is in the presence of Jesus now, and rejoicing forevermore. He exemplified Philippians 1:21: “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Have a glorious Home-going, Bobby. I will miss you — I’m sitting here crying as I type this — but I will share your joy in full one day.
And I would be remiss in Bobby’s eyes if I didn’t ask YOU, the person reading this, two simple questions: Have you come to the place in YOUR spiritual life where YOU know for *certain* that if you were to die today, you’d go to heaven? And if you *were* to die today — as Bobby can testify, it can happen to young and old — and you were to stand before God, and He were to say to you, “WHY should I let you into my heaven”… What would you say?
Bobby answered the first question with a resounding YES (1 John 5:13) — and he answered the second question with a resounding, “Because I’m trusting in JESUS CHRIST ALONE for eternal life” (John 14:6). And Jesus has now answered back to Bobby: “Well done, good and faithful servant… Enter into the joy of your Lord” (Matt. 25:21).