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To: E Rocc

"Though it makes the same point: our government is expected to be neutral regarding matters of conscience and belief. And yes, this also requires that agnosticism and atheism be treated just like any other religious belief: receiving neither preferential treatment nor special burden."

Where does the Constitution say the govt. is to be neutral regarding such matters? Where are atheism or agnosticism granted any rights? Nowhere. It merely says that Congress may not make any law regarding establishment of religion, which included any law disestablishing the then-existing established churches in several states. It also forbids Congress from abridging the free exercise of religion--a fact which the professional atheists on these threads always chose to ignore.


208 posted on 08/28/2006 10:01:15 AM PDT by hellbender
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To: hellbender
Where are atheism or agnosticism granted any rights?

Do you believe that the only rights one has are those granted by the Constitution?

404 posted on 08/28/2006 2:00:18 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: hellbender

You have a backa$$ward way of looking at the Constitution.


429 posted on 08/28/2006 2:47:35 PM PDT by stands2reason (ANAGRAM for the day: Socialist twaddle == Tact is disallowed)
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