12-11-2008, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by christmasvalleyfarms
I would take issue with her interpretation. The prerequisite for religious and political liberty is the text of the First Amendment. I would agree with the 6th Circuit Court in their calling a spade a spade - it is an extra-constitutional phrase and we need to get out from behind it and back to the original intent.
That phrase has been used to attempt to in fact deny religious liberty for years. Let's weigh issues of government involvement/endorsement/protection of religion on their own merits, and not use this phrase to continue to promote a belief that the only good American government is a government without mention or acknowledgement of God in any way, shape, or form, and the only free society is one in which noone need ever be "offended" by the mention of religion or God.
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What religious liberties have you been denied?
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