tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133916536511836970.post1791343707538856354..comments2023-12-10T08:21:16.075+00:00Comments on Religion Law Blog: Religious Freedom Day, 2011Neil Addisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489922704972084561noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133916536511836970.post-9167500495727327082011-01-19T00:49:24.199+00:002011-01-19T00:49:24.199+00:00Statute defending Freedom of Religion and not Free...<i>Statute defending Freedom of Religion and not Freedom From Religion which seems to be the way that modern Courts and Legislators are going.</i><br /><br />Did you even read some of what you quoted?<br /><br /><b>that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical;</b><br /><br />...<br /><br /><b>that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics or geometry; that therefore the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument, unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which in common with his fellow-citizens he has a natural right;</b><br /><br />...<br /><br /><b>Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever</b><br /><br />As I recall, you still advocate that e.g. state schools promote a religion by having crucifixes in classrooms (notably the religion that you yourself subscribe to), instead of having state schools refrain from telling their students of various religious backgrounds what religion they "ought" to follow by such a heavyhanded and oafish practice (the Lautsi case in Italy).<br /><br />And since you advocate that this be done to children of taxpayers, you apparently don't agree with Jefferson when he wrote "that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical."<br /><br />If you would post other examples of legislation or court decisions that you consider wrong, I'm willing to bet in many cases you side with government-imposed religious oppression, as in the school example above.Brian Westleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191964121225569563noreply@blogger.com