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To: Drew68
The problem with that logic is, of course, admitted Nazis (neo-Nazis, white supremists, etc.) aren't allowed to serve openly in the US Armed Forces.

That's interesting, I didn't know that. Are all supremacists banned or just white ones?

If some kook considers Hitler a god and nazzism a religion can therefore be banned from serving in the military then I guess there is a committee somewhere that makes legitimacy judgments on religions.

160 posted on 09/02/2007 9:01:23 PM PDT by Perchant
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To: Perchant; Drew68
The problem with that logic is, of course, admitted Nazis (neo-Nazis, white supremists, etc.) aren't allowed to serve openly in the US Armed Forces.

If some kook considers Hitler a god and nazzism a religion can therefore be banned from serving in the military ........ .

Nazis and neo-Nazis are not banned by the U.S. Armed Forces on religious grounds. They are banned on national security grounds as Nazism is openly hostile to the Constitution.

Even if a Nazi were to worship Hitler, he would still be banned on national security grounds, not his religion, so your issue is a red herring.

....then I guess there is a committee somewhere that makes legitimacy judgments on religions

During the days of our Founding Fathers, there were such committees in the Old World: the Inquisition, the British Parliament passing laws said that that Catholics were not allowed equal civil rights....

That is why the Founding Fathers drafted the First Amendment: To ensure that America never had those religious committees you want.

If you want such committees, convert to Islam and move to Iran. The Iranian mullahs have such committees.

164 posted on 09/02/2007 9:18:45 PM PDT by Polybius
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