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Originally Posted by Pukka Sahib
Congressman Gohmert is full of crap. Like all politicized Christians, he passes more gas than gospel. If there is anything that can be gleaned from the intent of the framers of the Constitution, it is that the United States was founded on secular principles and not religious doctrine. The founding fathers well knew that the separation of church and state was the only way to preserve religious freedom. Religious wars had been waged in Europe over its union; and, indeed, some of the first colonists, the Pilgrims, came to America to escape state-sponsored religious persecution. The right to worship freely, without government interference, is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, and not by God. It is time that people of faith reconcile themselves with this fundamental fact.
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I fully agree with you, and I think that the majority of people of faith would agree as well.
But it's easy to find the least desirables of any group, they are the one's who are so cock sure of themselves that they feel the necessity of invoking their opinions in the loudest manner possible.
I'm not a broad brush sort of person, and try not to judge the dog by it's fleas.
The majority of people are pretty reasonable, otherwise society wouldn't function at all.
Chas