Today is the big day for religious freedom rallies all across the country. Will you be rallying this afternoon or have you already?

Here in Missouri, I think there are rallies in St. Louis and Kansas City today, but the big rally at the Capitol is not till next Tuesday. The date was scheduled based on the availability of the Capitol rotunda on a day that the legislators were in session. After all, what good is a rally at the Capitol if no legislators are there to see it? If you’re in Missouri, please join us at the Capitol next Tuesday! Details here.

Much like all of the Tea Party events and massive showings at TownHall meetings in 2009/10 protesting the passage of Obamacare, these rallies are important to visibly show our legislators that we’re “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.” But, as we learned when they went ahead and passed the healthcare bill, anyway, this message is not always received – or, more accurately, it’s completely ignored. So, perhaps even more importantly, let’s use these rallies to build enthusiasm for really making our voices heard at the ballot box later this year. After we were ignored two years ago and Obamacare passed in March of 2010, 37 House members who voted for Obamacare were defeated in the elections later that year, shifting the majority away from the Democrats. We need to do a similar clean-up in the Senate and, ultimately, in the Oval Office.