12 Reasons Why the ACDP voted against the adoption on the South African Constitution

Here is your chance to join forces with the only Party that had the conviction to reject a Constitution that undermines the value system that the overwhelming majority of all South Africans, of all races, creeds and origins believe in.

The Constitutional Assembly, contrary to their claims, swept under carpet, and therefore, ignored public submissions on important issues like the preamble and moral issues. Millions of taxpayers’ money was used to finance a propaganda campaign that deceived the public into believing that their opinions would be counted in the constitution making process. The truth is, they were ignored. The ACDP had no choice but to come against a process (and it’s product) that did not promote a transparent democracy but autocracy in it’s worse form.

The majority of South Africans who made submissions on the preamble wanted the words "In humble submission to Almighty God" to be inserted at the beginning of the preamble, but the communists and atheists in the Constitutional Assembly (who are in the minority in the Country), rejected the requests.

  1. Section 2 attempts to subject God’s law to man-made laws.

    The ACDP rejects the supremacy of the South African Constitution over God’s law. Psalm 33:4 says ‘the Word of the Lord is right and true". That which is "right and true" cannot be subjected to a rushed constitution drafted by mortal and fallible men and women.

  2. The ACDP rejects the horizontal application of the equality clause in Chapter 2 of the Bill of rights. We do not want Gays and s who are protected by the " orientation" clause in subsection 9(3) to be imposed on us. We want the right not to employ them, if we so wish, and not to have them teach our children their immoral, unnatural and sinful lifestyles.
  3. We find Section 11 incomplete, because it gives criminals the right to life, while it does not explicitly guarantee the rights of unborn children. The ACDP submission to the Constitutional Assembly on "THE RIGHT TO LIFE" specified that "everyone has the right to life from the moment of conception to natural death". Our input was rejected. Subsection 11(5) is a complete departure from the accepted notion of innocent until proven guilty. Equally so, subsection 16(1)(d), where it refers to "freedom of scientific research", may be used to justify vile misdeeds of science, taking into account, for example, President Clinton’s controversial decision to legalise experiments on living aborted babies.
  4. The right to " make decisions concerning reproduction", and the right to "security in" and "control over their body" in respectively subsections 12(a) and (b) of the South African Constitution, essentially allows for the legislation of abortion on demand. The ACDP rejects this attempt to license the slaughter of innocent and defenceless children.
  5. We reject State interference in religious observances in state or state-aided institutions (schools) as stated in subsection 15(2)(a). This right should be controlled by parents and the community, not by the State.
  6. The ACDP rejects the clause "freedom of artistic creativity" in subsection 16(1)(c), as it protects .
  7. At face value, Section 22 seems acceptable, until you realise that the right to choose an occupation includes the rights to prostitution. The ACDP totally rejects any form of commercialised sex. It is a cancer that destroys families.
  8. Section 25 and its principle of ownership of private property is effectively diminished and counteracted through a vague and unnecessary provision. All the safeguards may be overridden, provided that these legislative and other measures be reasonable and justifiable (and not even necessary) in order to bring about land reform or equitable access to natural resources (i.e. the underground water supply, food sources etc.)
  9. Subsection 27(1)(a) grants everyone the right to reproductive health care services, which include abortion clinics. We reject exposing present and future generations to abortion slaughter-houses.
  10. Section 29(2) denies tax-paying parents State subsidies if they choose to take their children to private educational institutions.
  11. Section 30 and 31, that relates to community aspects of language, culture and religion, state that these rights, may not be exercised in a manner inconsistent with any provision of the Bill of Rights. These rights are the cornerstone of family life, yet unequal to the rest of the rights concerned.
  12. The limitations clause, a vital clause in the application of the second Chapter, states that legislation that is reasonable and justifiable in an open and democratic society may limit any or all the rights. The element of necessity of such a limitation is not even mentioned.