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To: Area51
Sorry the Declaration of Independence...

That's what I figured, since the Consitution is surprisingly silent on God and Religion.

85 posted on 12/23/2004 10:20:14 AM PST by TheOtherOne
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To: TheOtherOne

Could you show me where the clause is on the Seperation of Church and State I keep hearing the seculars rail about? :)


90 posted on 12/23/2004 10:24:39 AM PST by Area51
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To: TheOtherOne

Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, PT. 1

Handlin 442--48
Part the First. A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Art. I.--All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.

II.--It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great creator and preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.

III.--As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship of GOD, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality: Therefore, to promote their happiness and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this Commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies-politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of GOD, and for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.





93 posted on 12/23/2004 10:26:08 AM PST by Raycpa (Alias, VRWC_minion,)
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