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To: dsc; FlingWingFlyer
I mistakenly interpreted from as meaning of. Nonetheless, the fragment in question,

  "Constitution provides for the freedom from religion"

is not contradictory to the 1st phrase of the 1st Amendment:

  "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"

I'm not saying the phrases reduce to the same statutory axiom.

Apologies for misreading your post, FlingWingFlyer.


42 posted on 08/16/2014 4:19:49 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric

“Constitution provides for the freedom from religion” is not contradictory to the 1st phrase of the 1st Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”

Well, not contradictory, perhaps, in that the Constitution only prohibits the establishment of a state religion, and nothing else. However, this also means that the Constitution does not enumerate a right to be free from any manifestation of religion. Further, the existence of any such right is precluded by the undisputed right of all citizens to the free exercise of their religions. The very concept is ludicrous.

Another argument is that nothing can be a right unless it is pleasing to God. Atheism is not pleasing to God. Ergo, there can be no right to freedom from religion.

I just assume that there are other arguments that didn’t occur to me.


43 posted on 08/17/2014 10:14:19 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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