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A woman on one of the Message boards I frequent posted a picture of hundreds of military men and women at a military meeting/rally/whatever, and freaks out when the ACLU says THAT IS THE GOVERNMENT SAYING WE HAVE A STATE RELIGION!! She goes on to say "Fuck the ACLU." I say, The ACLU needs a freaking MEDAL for standing up for the 1ST AMENDMENT!! Here was my reply. If this is an organize meeting of the military, and this is an ORGANIZED PRAYER, then YES...OUR government is saying this is a CHRISTIAN NATION, and THEY CANNOT DO THAT AS SPECIFIED IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT. Religion has no place in government, as we learn from the huge fumbles of the Catholic Church back during Rome's hay day with the whole Inquisition nonsense. And also from the days in England when they kicked the Puritans out of the country. We are a really good example of it too. The bible was used as an excuse so they could keep slaves. Common Sense is needed in government. Not religion. Religion is there to control people and tell them how to live their lives. We have freedom OF and with that has to come freedom FROM religion as well. This country is out of control trying to tell people how they can and cannot live their lives: IE the proposed, and dead, Gay Marriage Amendment. With all the other problems we have in this country, why is this even on our radar? And before you start calling me an atheist, I am a Christian. But I also believe that Thomas Jefferson had a really good reason for putting Freedom of Religion in the FIRST amendment. I think he knew how crazy people get when it comes to their religion. Example: The Salem Witch Trials. Modern day examples of really bad byproducts of Religion in Government: Women in Burkas(something Muhammad never intended. He in fact was a feminist in his day), beheadings and limbs chopped off in Saudi Arabia as an excuse for a justice system, The Taliban and Osama Bin Laden. With initiatives on the floor of congress to put us women back into the kitchen(An overly zealous republican has put an initiative on the floor to say that women are subservient to men, driving us back to before the 50s, and saying sure, go ahead, beat the hell out of your wives. You're a man, it's your right), I think we really need to clear our heads and realize that religion is a PERSONAL THING, not a GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED thing.
I just wanted to share, Duckie
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