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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
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:11 pm to
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 by Lg
Hayden, Alabama
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:13 pm to
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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 by dante
Kingwood, TX
Member since Mar 2006
10669 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:15 pm to
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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.
This cannot be said enough.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:18 pm to
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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.’"


quote:

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 by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:21 pm to
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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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