Before I get into the Christmas spirit and want to be more forgiving, I have to say this… It’s Freedom Of and From Religion
It seems many believe that only pertains to their specific type of religion. They think all others are either fake, false or fantasy and should be banned or ignored. They also believe the country’s government and laws should be based on their religious beliefs.
That sounds absurd to me. I can read and I’m fairly intelligent. The Constitution and the founding fathers intent is very clear; you have yours and I’ll have mine, but the government shouldn’t have any.
Our country’s founders — who were of different religious backgrounds themselves — knew the best way to protect religious liberty was to keep the government out of religion. So they created the First Amendment — to guarantee the separation of church and state.
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that everyone in the United States has the right to practice his or her own religion (not necessarily yours or mine), or no religion at all.
Throughout history, people have fought wars over religious differences, have tortured and executed whoever they thought didn’t believe in their god(s), discriminated and persecuted “non-believers” and forcefully “converted” those they believed needed salvation.
A great deal of all that still goes on in countries around the world and unfortunately, we are facing a challenge here in our own “Land of the Free.”
Right-Wing Christians pouring dollars into, and pressure on our government and judicial systems in order to enact legislation and laws that support their specific faith is not what freedom of or from religion is about, it’s quite the opposite. It’s Theocracy in action.
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