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Re: vision2020-digest Digest V01 #250
One last comment.... The founders wanted to keep Politics out of religion
NOT religon out of politics. If they had wanted the first, they would have
written a secular Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of
Rights.
Mike Rush
Remember, everyone does have the right to be wrong.... but they are still
just that... wrong.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Earth Life" <onewildearth@hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: vision2020-digest Digest V01 #250
> America is indeeed a melting pot of cultures, ideas, languages, food,
music,
> political ideologies, religions and other things that make us diverse.
> America's "culture" is influenced by all Americans. It is not corporate.
> It is not consumerism. It is not your way or my way. It is Freedom and
the
> ability to choose the lifestyle most suited for the individual. There
> certainly are laws which attempt to restrict a person's personal life
> choices, but they are made by people who are unaccepting of other people's
> point of view.
> English is our national language, but it does not mean others can not
speak
> spanish, russian or martian.
> Our constitution has given us unalianable rights. Free speech, the right
to
> assemble and the separation of church and state are crucial for insuring
> that Americans have the freedom to not comform to supposed religious
> foundings.
> We are not a Christian nation. God means many things to many people. A
> person may believe in God, but that does not mean that person is
Christian.
> It does seem odd to me that many of our national identities (money,
national
> athem) contain the word "God" in them. This seems a contradiction to the
> "separation of church and state" ammendment to the Constitution. That is,
> it seems unconstitutional. Thus the controversy over school prayer and
the
> like. If this issue was not important, I doubt the founders of America
> would have included that ammendment in the Constitution. But obviously
they
> saw the importance of keeping religion out of government. Perhaps
religious
> or moral views are imposible to separate from political leanings, but it
is
> important to be aware of the fact that our founders specified the desire
to
> keep religion out of politics.
> In my opinion, we cannot aspouse to be a free and democratic country if
our
> policies limit the freedom people have in regards to lifestyle choices.
As
> long as that person is not hurting another, that person should be allowed
> that freedom.
> We all have our ideas of what it means to be an American. Stand up for
your
> beliefs, but don't force them on another person. If someone agrees with
> what you say, it's probably because they appreciate your lifestyle, not
> because they are made to conform.
>
> Garrett Clevenger
>
> "What are we doing to our Home?!:("
>
>
>
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