Posted on 08/15/2014 5:47:50 PM PDT by jazusamo
Put the Bibles back!
A Navy spokesman confirms that Bibles will be returned to base lodges, and they’ve also launched an investigation to determine why God’s Word was removed from guest rooms in the first place.
Navy Exchange, which runs the base lodges, sent a directive out in June ordering the Bibles removed, after the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a complaint. The atheist group alleged the books were a violation of the U.S. Constitution and amounted “to a government endorsement of that religious text.”
Navy spokesman Ryan Perry said the decision was made without their knowledge.
“In June 2014, Navy Exchange Command (NEXCOM) made a decision, without consultation of senior Navy leadership, to transfer religious materials from the Navy Lodge to the local command religious program,” Perry said in a written statement. “That decision and our religious accommodation policies with regard to the placement of religious materials are under review.”
During the review process, Perry said the “religious materials” that were removed will be returned.
The Bibles had been donated to the Navy by Gideons International, a global ministry that provides copies of the Good Book to schools, military personnel and hotels.
Tim Wildmon, of the American Family Association, called the Navy’s decision great news. He said thousands of their supporters contacted the Navy to protest the removal.
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Thanks for this Good News ping.
“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.
>> the Constitution does not enumerate a right to be free from any manifestation of religion
I agree.
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