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To: ReformationFan; AnAmericanMother; annalex; Badeye; BelegStrongbow; bigfoote7; Buchal; Cacique; ...

This editorial is well worth reading in its entirety.

3 posted on 02/27/2012 10:09:09 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("The facts of life are Tory." -- Margaret Thatcher)

To: Albion Wilde

Yes, it was. Thanks!

4 posted on 02/27/2012 10:26:12 AM PST by Tax-chick (I used to be difficult, but after watching 46 episodes of "Lie to Me," I'm impossible!)

To: Albion Wilde; ReformationFan

Indeed, good article. Thank you both.

Freedom of religion is supposed to be a personal matter of conscience. It is an individual guarantee...

Here I would add that while the choice of religion is a personal matter, the exercise of religion, once it has been chosen, does not have to be done on an individual basis; neither is it a private matter. Any politician should be free to say: "I am affiliated with ____ religion and if elected I will look for guidance in its tenets".

One of the greatest damage John F. Kennedy did to America's freedom was his "my Catholicism is my private matter" speech. "Yuk" (quoting Santorum), indeed.

6 posted on 02/27/2012 6:01:46 PM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)

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