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Multiple choice question. The title of this post refers to:
- Judges who disagree with Republicans
- Judges who uphold the Constitution
- All of the above
Elizabeth Dole, in a speech at the RNC said:
Two thousand years ago a man said, ” I have come to give life and to give it in full.” In America I have the freedom to call that man Lord, and I do. In the United States of America we are free to worship without discrimination, without intervention and even without activist judges trying to strip the name of God from the Pledge of Allegiance; from the money in our pockets; and from the walls of our courthouses. The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. The right to worship God isn’t something Republicans invented, but it is something Republicans will defend.
She couldn’t be more wrong. Freedom of religion means exactly freedom from religion, for those who don’t believe in God, or want to practice any religion. For those that do believe and want to practice, they’re free to do so as well. It means the State does not sponsor any specific religion, or type of religion (ie, monotheism). If she wants to say “under God” when she says the Pledge, that’s just fine. Forcing children at a public school to do the same, not fine. Similarly, if she wants to write “In God I trust”, on her money, that’s just fine with me. Having it printed on the money, not so much.
Personally, neither of these things actually bother me at all. I don’t care that “under God” is in the pledge or that “In God We Trust” is on our money. What does bother me is that these people think they have the right to force it on people who do care about it.
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Can I get an “Amen” to that post? AMEN!!!
Did you know Christians get saying “Amen” from the Jews and they got it from the Egyptians saying the name of their god at the end of their prayers? Ever heard of the sun god, Amen-Ra?
We were smart enough to figure that religion was made up back with ancient Greek philosophers, but there was so much power tied in to it that those in power couldn’t let it stop.
Evolve some already!