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The Fairbanks Bill Of Rights Defense Committee came to exist in the early days
of December 2002 in response to concerns over a diminishing protection of
rights resulting from the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act and The Homeland
Security Bill.
A soon-to-be national movement began during late fall 2001 after the passage
of the USA PATRIOT Act, starting in the area of the original colonies. The
movement involved the organizing of communities for the purpose of assuring
each other, as neighbors, that we would defend each other's rights as
enumerated in the Constitution of the United States of America; that we would
insist on the continued protection of basic human rights that defines us as a
People and as a Nation.
We're normal, everyday Americans—shopkeepers, technicians, homemakers,
schoolteachers, carpenters. We share a common vision of America as a free
nation in which we can raise our families, go to work, and, above all, speak
out unafraid when we feel our government has stepped beyond the boundaries of
its lawfully permitted powers.
In short, we want to continue to secure the blessings of liberty for our
children and our grandchildren. We want them to be able to thank us for taking
a stand when we had a chance.
Our group has demonstrated a remarkable ability to come together and "check
our guns at the door," so to speak. We're everyday Americans, yes, and we also
represent just about every stop on the ideological spectrum. Democrat,
Republican, Libertarian, right, left—all are made to feel welcome. We have a
common goal—we want to defend our rights. This is an issue that extends across
political boundaries and strikes to the heart.
We are you.
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