The right not to be religious.
If one wishes not to subscribe to a religion, in this country, that is perfectly OK. Nowhere is it written that you must belong to one faith, or the other, to be a good citizen, or even just to be a citizen. Nowhere.
At the same time, nowhere is it written that I can’t practice mine.
A not so careful reading of the 1st Amendment will demonstrate, to anyone with an open mind, the framers had nothing to say against the co-existance of religion and state. What they did not want to see was the state impose a particular religion, or denomination, on it’s people.
At the time the Constitution was written, some of the northeastern states/colonies had already established state churches. The churches in those states/colonies were a part of that state’s government. If you were a citizen of that state you were a member of that church. One, or two, European countries have the same state/church situation, even today, as the early colonies had in the 1700’s. When you are born, in those countries, you are born into the church. You remain a member until death, or, you go to court and ask a judge to allow you to leave that “state church”.
There is no such thing as separation of church and state in this country. I don’t believe the Constitution even suggests it. Only a myopic, left leaning, court could find that in the Constitution. They think they have. As soon as the conservative court becomes a fact, and not a figment of our imagination, that will be over-turned.
Having said all this, I still favor an amended 1st Amendment to make the practice of Islam illegal in the US. There are obvious reasons for outlawing that religion in this country.
Yes, this country was founded on the tenants of the Judeo-Christian faith. One cannot read any of our state documents, or any of our founding documents, or look at our national buildings, (even the Supreme Court Building) and not be aware of that fact. The individuals and organizations attempting to strip America of her Judeo-Christian Heritage will lose. It will be messy, and tempers are going to flare, but in the end they will lose.
On our money the slogan says: “In God We Trust”. Sometimes we have to be reminded of that. On the top of the Washington Monument are engraved, in Latin, the words “Praise Be To God!” My sentiments exactly!
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.” ... Daniel Webster ... These posts will reflect my personal opinions, and views, of the world in which we live from, of course, the viewpoint of a conservative "Southern American".
1 comment:
You can practice any religion you want, you just can't do it where you subject others into doing it, or make them less or left out by not! If you want prayer in school, send your children to private school. I went to catholic schools. What if lets just speculate here and follow along.... You are supporting your family, the company you work for goes belly-up. You get a job paying 3X's as much but it is in Dearborn Michigan. Well you take the job, relocate enroll your child in public school and find out later that because some southern conservative got prayers in public schools, you now live in a major Muslum area your child has to face Mecca 3x's during school and pray on his or rug, or stand quietly aside, sticking out like a sore thumb. Now as far as our founding fathers being Christian. I am but they were deitists. No where is the mention of Jesus Christ. we are endowed by our "Creator" In god we trust was added to our money later, as was Under God to the pledge, which as a Christian I can't say anyway. I can't pledge allegiance to any country, or symbol, only to Christ.
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