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To: allmendream

Sorry- I mis-wrote:

Of course no disagreement that we have a constitution that allows for freedom of religion and worship so long as one does not deny the Judeo-Christian heritage of our nation, and of course there is no religious oath of office. But this does not mean that one can ignore our nation’s traditions, culture and heritage as founded on Judeo-Christian principles. At the time of the ratification of our constitution six of the 13 States had a state Christian religion.

The first Congress did hire institutional chaplains. The National Cathederal was chartered by an Act of Congress and signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison on the Feast of the Epiphany in 1893 “for the promotion of religion and education and charity.” Settled!


62 posted on 07/30/2009 9:29:54 AM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish
One has freedom of religion and worship EVEN IF they (incorrectly)deny the Judeo-Christian heritage of our nation.

My point was that the founders DID envision a land of religious plurality, with Muslims “Hindoos” and “infidels” of whatever denomination covered under the protection of religious freedom which is the natural right of all mankind.

63 posted on 07/30/2009 9:39:49 AM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?)
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