osamanobama said:
FinalEvangelion said:
osamanobama said:
sapphi_snake said:
osamanobama said:
liberals (in america) are completely inconsistant in what they value as rights, it constintly changes in order to gain a bigger voter base. they pander and change just so they can get votes.
and in our country our rights are God given, not by government
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Welcome to general politics. And in your country your rights are given by the Government. No religion is promoted, nor any deity endorsed.
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perhaps you should read up on our founding documents. religion is an entegril part of it. and they specifically say our rights are God given. not by government, becasue gevernment is made up of men, and if the rights are given by man, they can be taken away.
ps: separation of church and state isnt in our constitution, no where.
the first amendment was made to protect religion from government. also did you know it is lawful for states to have a state religion. also its not freedom from religion (which you would very much like to have, well really only christianity). its freedom of religion.
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So you think Atheism should be illegal then? Or have no part in American society?
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no, but i also dont think it should be getting preferential treatment, like in our schools. the first amendment has in our society become freedom FROM religion, in everything, especially Christianity. it goes both way, and it the past 40 or so years, there has been a movement to remove all religion, which is not the intent of the 1st amendment
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Wasn't the intent of the first amendment, to be sure, but it's also not the 1780s anymore. The constitution only functions as a living document, perhaps best exemplified by the 1st and 14th amendments, which have changed their function with the changing times
