Talk:Solemn League and Covenant

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QUESTION - Queen Diana (of Scotland and England) is also "Queen of America", meaning of course, the NAL-SLC. But is she even queen of the whole League? One might expect she'd just be queen of the English and Scottish provinces.

ANSWER - In the Solemn League and Covenant (the document), there is the famous "saving clause" where, after declaring that the "supposed Colonies are, and ought of right ought to be, Free and mutually Dependent States", it continues "saving always the Faith and Allegiance owed to our Sovereign". The use of the singular "Sovereign" represents a concession to the "Fifth Monarchy Men", who insisted that they recognized no sovereign but God. (The first four monarchies were Assyria, Babylonia, Greece, and Rome, and the fifth was to be the direct reign of God himself, which they expected any time now.) The Hodenoshoni thought the issue was silly, but went along. Consequently, the NAL courts have always held that sovereign honors may be paid to any of the English, Scottish, Kemrese, or Scandinavian monarchs, depending on the circumstances. Therefore, Queen Diana is nòt "Queen of America" as such. She is "Queen of" the several (and original) English provinces that accept her constitutionally as Head of State of the NAL.

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Just curious...... Why was the whole article changed from Work in Progress to Proposal? The SLC, as a founding document, has not exactly been a proposal for a very long time. Elemtilas 20:19, 20 October 2007 (PDT)

I was viewing the proposal as the details--the bill of rights, the structure of parliament, the cabinet, etc. Zahir 22:23, 20 October 2007 (PDT)