How can anyone believe that my tax dollars should be spent instructing my children in a faith which they and I do not believe? Are they completely unaware of our country's secular roots?
As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.-- Treaty of Tripoli, 1796
2007-11-26
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Elizabeth J
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