Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/18/07 22:20

Steve wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:jtOdnUMcBZMYY3LbnZ2dnUVZ_vzinZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Sanders Kaufman wrote:
>>> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>
>>>> The first amendment had to do with TOLERANCE. You worship your way and
>>>> I worship mine. You don't try to tell me what I can and cannot do, and
>>>> I don't try to tell you the same.
>>> The Constitution also only counted black people as 3/5 of a human.
>>>
>>> The genius of the constitution is that it's ammendable, and the Bill of
>>> Rights is just a bunch of ammendments - which can be repealed.
>>>
>>> It's time to let our tolerance of religious extremism go the way of our
>>> tolerance of slavery.
>>>
>>> --
>>> If 9/11 taught us nothing else, it's that religious zealots are
>>> /everybody's/ mortal enemy.
>> I agree. It's time to let our tolerance of those who won't let others
>> practice their own religion go the way of our tolerance of slavery.
>
> but atheism is on the fence. it is a religion...but not. so therefore, let's
> say they have substandard morals and tell them to fuck off when they say
> seperation of church and state and want religious dogma removed from public
> places and want prayer out of schools. yeah, they don't count. tolerance
> only goes to 'full-blooded' 'american' religions.
>
> lol.
>
>

I never said atheists had substandard morals. I said I am more
comfortable that someone who shares my religion has similar morals.

Nothing more, nothing less.

And the 1st Amendment states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ..."

Additionally, the 14th Amendment states: "...No State shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States;..."

There is nothing in there about the "separation of Church and State".
Nor is there anything stating the 10 Commandments (or anything else with
religious connotations) cannot be displayed in a public building

There is a minority of atheists out there who want to stop me and anyone
else with a professed belief in a god from practicing our religion.
That right there is against both the intent and the wording of the 1st
Amendment.

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