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re: Do you believe that the United States was founded as a Christian Nation?
Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:11 pm to REG861
Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:11 pm to REG861
All they meant is that Congress could not pass a law that tells you your now a Baptist, or Lutheran, or whatever. That's it, nothing more. And it certainly was never intended to prevent children from praying in school or having a copy of the 10 commandments in a court room. It was never intended to be what progressives have warped it into today.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:13 pm to Darth_Vader
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All they meant is that Congress could not pass a law that tells you your now a Baptist, or Lutheran, or whatever. That's it, nothing more. And it certainly was never intended to prevent children from praying in school or having a copy of the 10 commandments in a court room. It was never intended to be what progressives have warped it into today.
Spot on!!
Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:15 pm to Darth_Vader
quote:This cannot be said enough.
All they meant is that Congress could not pass a law that tells you your now a Baptist, or Lutheran, or whatever. That's it, nothing more. And it certainly was never intended to prevent children from praying in school or having a copy of the 10 commandments in a court room.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:18 pm to Darth_Vader
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All they meant is that Congress could not pass a law that tells you your now a Baptist, or Lutheran, or whatever. That's it, nothing more. And it certainly was never intended to prevent children from praying in school or having a copy of the 10 commandments in a court room. It was never intended to be what progressives have warped it into today.
False.
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James Madison
"[T]he appropriation of funds of the United States for the use and support of religious societies, [is] contrary to the article of the Constitution which declares that ‘Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment.’"
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Thomas Jefferson
"I contemplate with soveriegn reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ‘make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,’ thus building a wall of separation between church and State."
Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:21 pm to Darth_Vader
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And it certainly was never intended to prevent children from praying in school or having a copy of the 10 commandments in a court room. It was never intended to be what progressives have warped it into today.
Perhaps it wasn't, but when you form a country and open your arms to all-comers, you're going to end up with very diverse religious beliefs at some point. And when that happens, and a governmental unit or building is perceived to adopt one religion by use of religious symbols or prayers, there is going to be backlash and there is going to be requests for the article to be interpreted.
Short-sightedness by the Founders? Perhaps. But that's where we are.
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