Republicans no longer have to compromise or care. Gov. Rick Perry leads movement by erasing constitutional boundaries.

I wasn't really following the possible candidacy of Rick Perry, until I read the following activities by this vocal supporter of the Constitution, who's also determined to blur the lines of our founding document because...he wants too. What Republicans have found is that there is no counter weight or push back from an opposing party anymore, no way to stop them from doing whatever they want. Whether Obama's debt compromise was good or bad, the overriding result was empowering a now unstoppable conservative agenda. 

NY Times: In April, as Texas reeled from wildfires and a drought, Gov. Rick Perry sought assistance from the federal government, but also from a higher power … asked the state to pray for rain, issuing an official proclamation that “I, Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas, do hereby proclaim the three-day period from Friday, April 22, 2011, to Sunday, April 24, 2011, as Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas.” Perry signed legislation requiring that women under the age of 18 get parental consent before having an abortion at a Fort Worth school run by an evangelical Christian church. Five weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Mr. Perry bowed his head and said “amen” as a Baptist pastor led a prayer in the name of Jesus Christ. The prayer was at a student assembly in a public middle school in East Texas.

Afterward, Mr. Perry said he had no problem ignoring the Supreme Court’s landmark 1962 ruling that barred organized prayer in public schools.

In Houston, thousands of people are expected to gather at Reliant Stadium for a Christian-themed prayer service that Mr. Perry created and promoted … emphasizing his Christian beliefs and blurring the line between church and state … The rally is being organized and financed by the American Family Association, an evangelical organization listed as an antigay hate group by the nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center.

“At 27 years old, I knew that I’d been called to the ministry,” Mr. Perry said “I’ve just always been really stunned by how big a pulpit I was going to have. I still am. I truly believe with all my heart that God has put me in this place at this time to do His will.”

But the no apologies Republican Party has finally realized that compromise no longer needs to be an issue, and pushing a pure faith based agenda is “no problem” because like Perry said, it’s okay to ignore any and all constitutional violations.