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To: DaveLoneRanger

Then again...maybe that's not what they have in mind.

From a "big money" standpoint, I have to agree...the fight against seperationism, the biggest secular MYTH regarding the Constitution of the United States, will brush on creationism, intelligent design, and other topics. However, the idea that the founding fathers were interested in freedom "from" religion, rather than freedom "of" religion when they wrote the 1st amendment is the subject of the trial more than creationism. By winning this case, the legality of excluding intelligent design from teaching as an alternative to evolution is the real issue.


41 posted on 10/06/2005 9:20:43 AM PDT by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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To: CIDKauf
However, the idea that the founding fathers were interested in freedom "from" religion, rather than freedom "of" religion when they wrote the 1st amendment is the subject of the trial more than creationism.

Freedom "of" religion and freedom "from" religion are the same thing. I have the right to practice any religion that I choose. I also have the right not to have some group cram their religion down my throat. It is the same thing. I have the right to my religion, you have the right to your religion, and neither of us has the right to force their religion on the other.

56 posted on 10/06/2005 10:16:42 AM PDT by wyattearp (The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
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To: CIDKauf
However, the idea that the founding fathers were interested in freedom "from" religion, rather than freedom "of" religion when they wrote the 1st amendment is the subject of the trial more than creationism.

Freedom "of" religion and freedom "from" religion are the same thing. I have the right to practice any religion that I choose. I also have the right not to have some group cram their religion down my throat. It is the same thing. I have the right to my religion, you have the right to your religion, and neither of us has the right to force their religion on the other.

58 posted on 10/06/2005 10:17:38 AM PDT by wyattearp (The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
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