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We need to restore the understanding of the 1st Amendment awa from this anti-religious gobbledegook that the ACLU has forced down our throats and back to an understanding of true religious toleration and mutual *acceptance* of voluntary religious sentiment.

(I missed this latest installment of the 10 Commandments saga, but I thought this would interest you, especially in the light of your statement above.)

A good friend works for US Cellular, he is assistant manager in a small town in Northern California. Last year (and previous years) the store was decorated with a Christmas tree at the appropriate time of year. New edict from management - NO CHRISTMAS TREES! Why? They might offend someone. This is an example of how the government suppresses religious freedom. Obviously the gov't isn't telling US Cellular to omit Christmas trees, but they are afraid of lawsuits, the ACLU, and the generally oppressive atmosphere towards any religious expression.

This is an example of how the government suppresses religious freedom.

Uh, no. It's an example of a private property owner deciding what sort of decorations to put on its property.

" Obviously the gov't isn't telling US Cellular to omit Christmas trees, but they are afraid of lawsuits, the ACLU, and the generally oppressive atmosphere towards any religious expression. "

Yes, it needs to be explained clearly that suppressing voluntary public religious expression is SUPPRESSION OF FREE SPEECH. Another example are the school officials who FORBID student valedictorians from evoking religious sentiments in commencement speeches. Amazing. The ACLU is at the forfront of destroying these 1st amendment rights, because their interest is in perverting the constitution not defending it.

As I said in another post ...

What I do have a problem with is the fascistic idea that all public expressions of religious sentiment are out of bounds simply because they (by necessity) fail to be all-inclusive. *Any* expression fails to be all-inclusive, so this is a recipe for supressing *any* religious sentiment in public. That is repressive, anti-freedom and and anti-religious bigotry.