Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Spiff
Do you want the establishment of a state religion? Sounds like you do. How about the establishment of a national religion? And what shall the people who aren't members of that religion do? Shall they be forced to convert? Shall they have to worship in secret? Shall other religions be banned?
384 posted on 07/02/2003 7:33:10 AM PDT by Catspaw
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 383 | View Replies ]


To: Catspaw
Do you want the establishment of a state religion? Sounds like you do. How about the establishment of a national religion? And what shall the people who aren't members of that religion do? Shall they be forced to convert? Shall they have to worship in secret? Shall other religions be banned?

No, I don't want a state or a national religion. However, that matter is, according to the Constitution, left up to the states themselves and not a federal issue.

If my state chose to pick an intolerable religion as the "official" state religion, then I might want to move to another state. Similarly if the state enacted gun laws restricting ownership of guns, then I would move to another state where the gun laws were more agreeable. The Constitution was designed to limit the Federal Government, not the state governments except in clearly defined and specified matters. The 14 Amendment and the twisting of the "equal enforcement of laws" has been one of the worst things to happen to the Constitution, our Republic, and our federal model of government. If they wanted to reaffirm that blacks had the same rights that everyone else has, they should have just said so. The 14th Amendment, as written, is a travesty.

390 posted on 07/02/2003 7:55:18 AM PDT by Spiff (Liberalism is a mental illness - a precursor disease to terminal Socialism.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 384 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson