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Near Treason and Sunday Laws

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 8, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 34.

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Near Treason and Sunday Laws

DR. WILBUR F. CRAFTS, in an article in the Religious Telescope of June 16, declares that it is a case of “near treason” when a public official who has taken the oath of office fails to enforce the law. Dr. Crafts has in mind particularly those who fail to enforce such religious regulations as the Sunday laws. It is pertinent in this connection to ask if it may not also be “near treason” to take oath to support the Constitution of the United States, which guarantees the separation of church and state and then deliberately seek the enactment of laws which would nullify that Constitutional guaranty? If the former is “near treason” through neglect, may not the latter be “near treason” and by direct intent?