"No American should have to choose between faith and the law." [View all]

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“No American should have to choose between faith and the law”?

So in deciding whether to honor our nation’s secular Constitution & heritage honoring the Rule of Law or theocratic, Sharia-style Law, the White House supports Christian Sharia Law? Good to know. #ReligiousFreedom

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A commitment to religious freedom has guided the Administration throughout its first year in office. No American should have to choose between faith and the law.

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No American Should Have to Choose Between Faith and the Law

January 16, 2018 3 minute read

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Tuesday, January 16, 2018, marks America’s celebration of National Religious Freedom Day. President Donald J. Trump made the observance official in a signed proclamation this week.

Religious freedom has shaped the history of the United States since our forefathers sought refuge from religious persecution. Federal recognition of Religious Freedom Day began with President George H. W. Bush in 1993, and presidents have generally signed a new proclamation every year since.

January 16 is the anniversary of the 1786 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom’s passage. Considered one of the foundational texts of a young America, the document outlined what principles constituted true respect by a government for freedom of religion. “All men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of Religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities,” wrote its author, Thomas Jefferson.

The Virginia statute served as a model in many ways for the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which followed a few years later with its familiar words, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

In that spirit, Religious Freedom Day is a moment to celebrate and fight to protect religious freedom in America and around the world. “We will continue to condemn and combat extremism, terrorism, and violence against people of faith, including genocide waged by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria against Yezidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims,” President Trump writes in this year’s proclamation.

From the replies at the White House Twitter feed:

Replying to @IbWizard @WhiteHouse
The basis of our laws are from the Ten Commandments

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Replying to @BKelnhofer @IbWizard @WhiteHouse
No, they’re from the constitution.

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Replying to @pkzcass @IbWizard @WhiteHouse
Where do you think the Constitution got thou shalt not kill, steal, lie, etc.?

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Replying to @BKelnhofer @pkzcass and 2 others
They got it from human decency. I don’t need the bible nor commandments to tell me not to kill or steal

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Replying to @JaDyWaDy2009 @pkzcass and 2 others
And where did your decency come from? Your parents and their parents and so on? Use logic it helps

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Replying to @BKelnhofer @pkzcass and 2 others
Right. It came from being a decent human. Not a fable

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Replying to @JaDyWaDy2009 @pkzcass and 2 others
What’s a fable

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Replying to @BKelnhofer @JaDyWaDy2009 and 2 others
Use a dictionary, it helps.

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Replying to @pkzcass @JaDyWaDy2009 and 2 others
For what

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