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Igel

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13. If the government is of the people, by the people,

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 10:33 PM

Apr 2018

and the people are part of a religious sect, then there's no way to stop it apart from saying, "I don't care if you do have a supermajority, your values and morality will not be implemented."

Of course, non-church-based values and moralities would be fully implementable.

The result is to say that if you're in a church, you're less of a citizen than those not in a church.

The rights pertain to the people and, in the view of the founders, are not granted by government but instead government is there to secure the rights. The rights do not belong to the government per se.

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I truly believe that the US Government should have no input into religious worship. [View all] MineralMan Apr 2018 OP

If only the people who think God talks to them could understand that sandensea Apr 2018 #1

I thought our nation was founded on the principle that they were separate. Most of our founding c-rational Apr 2018 #2

Of the seven principal founding fathers, only one was a devout Christian Major Nikon Apr 2018 #6

As Randi Rhodes says, to mix the two degrades both. byronius Apr 2018 #3

It depends on how you define degrade Major Nikon Apr 2018 #8

I believe you just defined 'degrade'. byronius Apr 2018 #9

For the people yes, for those in power, no Major Nikon Apr 2018 #10

I would argue that it harms those in power as well. byronius Apr 2018 #11

Many never figured out the pretenses were false Major Nikon Apr 2018 #12

I disagree somewhat Mrs. Ted Nancy Apr 2018 #4

Amendment I elleng Apr 2018 #5

No right is absolute. Eko Apr 2018 #7

If the government is of the people, by the people, Igel Apr 2018 #13

Religion and politics use each other to gain power and wealth. keithbvadu2 Apr 2018 #14