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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.)
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To: Spiff
"The 14th Amendment, as written, is a travesty."

Well, I think that pretty much frames the discussion. You believe that state governments have the right to trample the liberty of their citizens, unfettered by the Federal government. And that view is shared by, well, practically no one.

396 posted on 07/02/2003 8:03:32 AM PDT by lugsoul
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To: Spiff
If my state chose to pick an intolerable religion as the "official" state religion, then I might want to move to another state.

So what you're saying is that states can establish a religion (do you happen to have any legal citations on that?) and if you don't like it, the choice is to move? Your proposal seems to be that a state or states can establish that religion, persons of that religion move to that state and persons not of that religion move to a state in which their religion is the state religion, each religion congregating in a designated state. I would assume those who can't find a state in which their religion is a state religion have the option of converting or leaving the country.

399 posted on 07/02/2003 8:08:08 AM PDT by Catspaw
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