According to the first amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Why are so many people suing the government to get public prayer stopped, Christmas lights removed, and other religious expression restricted? The amendment, quoted above, says that we have the right to freely exercise religion. This same amendment says that we have a right to say what we want, even if it offends people. Isn't it also our right to exercise our religion publicly, even if it offends people? If you heard a KKK member shouting rhetoric on the street, you have no legal right to prevent them from doing so. If a school, or business wants to erect a nativity scene, people sue for those things to be removed. I'm not Christian, but I don't get it.
2007-03-09
04:25:56
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