You may not be religious, but your country is.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You are partially right;
> "The first amendment to the US Constitution states "Congress shall
make no law
> respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof". Both
> these clauses, known as the "establishment clause" and the "free
exercise clause"
> respectively, are significant. To give perspective, there was a
great conservation of
> language in the Bill of Rights; the intention was to avoid
creating loopholes, while still
> providing a buffer between the Legislature and the most basic
rights of the people. It is
> significant, then, that there are two clauses where one would
suffice, were the intention
> only to prevent respect for a religious establishment or only to
protect free exercise."
> Even though i'm a non-believer, I respect people that do. I just
feel that religion is playing
> way to big a role in our countries politics. That role is making
an assumption that religion
> is "fact" and that we are all religious.
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
<justifiedright@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <hinge98@> wrote:
> >
> > > But it's in the Constitution.
> >
> > No it isn't.
> >
> >
> > >In my opinion, my rights are being violated every single time
that
> > > religion has an influence in the decisions made in our country.
> >
> > So I should be forced to denounce my religion before entering a
voting
> > booth?
> >
>
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