If my state wants to establish Islam as a state religion, then they can do so. I wouldn't like it, but my only option would be to move to a different state. That is the very nature of our federal republic.
Well, if the U.S.Constitution is written in such a way that states can have official state religions, how long do you think it will be before there is an amendment ginned up by Congress to seal that off.
Having a bruising fight in Congress is much preferable to having an openly fought civil war, IMHO.
If my state wants to establish Islam as a state religion, then they can do so. I wouldn’t like it, but my only option would be to move to a different state. That is the very nature of our federal republic.
That is part of the Islamic plan, look at France, look
at England. We already have Islamic congressmen.
First we were infiltrated by communists and now muslims.
“If my state wants to establish Islam as a state religion, then they can do so. I wouldn’t like it, but my only option would be to move to a different state. That is the very nature of our federal republic.”
First off, no they can’t. See Everson v. Board of Education. Second, no they can’t. See people like me who won’t let it happen.
You also disagree with the principles on which this nation was founded, as discussed by men such as William Walwyn, John Lilburne, Roger Williams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, etc. etc. This nation was founded, to a great extent, by religious minorities who wanted to be left alone to practice their faiths without fear of oppression by the tyranny of the majority.
This isn’t England 1649 and the England of 1649 was precisely what MOST of the founders were trying to avoid.
Tell you what, I’ll go ahead and stay a free-born man with my God-given rights, and you can go somewhere else and give yours up. Have fun.
If you think you can force people like me to pay to ANY church because you or they are a majority and you think it’s a cute 10th Ammendment trick, you’re in for a very unpleasant surprise.
The 10th Ammendment is there for many reasons. Using state power to crush individual liberty is not one of them. This whole discussion is a disgrace to FR.