The Truth About Radical Christians

[johncwright]

Some of the comments on YouTube concerning this spoof were from people who did not know it was a spoof, or who nodded and agreed that "USA does have a real problem with christian identity groups and superpatriot groups committing terrorism

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[gryphmon]

"The First Amendment in the US Constitution was meant to combat the threat of the establishment of religion; it was a way to end the horrors unleashed by the Reformation and the Counterreformation, and the wars of that era

Free Exercise Is the Trump Card

[wmtingley]

I think the Amendment wasn't just to prevent the establishment of an official religion, if you read John Adams and others, its seems they viewed it as a means to protect religion from being corrupted by politics itself.This is getting off-topic, but I think an important point needs to be addressed

Re: Free Exercise Is the Trump Card

[mindstalk]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

Nothing there about purpose or trump cards. Just a flat statement, literal and original, barring the establishment of religion.

when the secularists decry the exercise of religion in public schools as an establishment of religion, they do not demand that the government yield by getting out of the business of education but rather that the free exercise of religion be suppressed.

No. Secularists do not decry the exercise of religion in public schools; students are free to pray. We decry the exercise of religion by the authorities in those schools, which can be seen as establishment and *unfree* exercise.

Re: Free Exercise Is the Trump Card

[wmtingley]

No, it's not "just a flat statement". It is a clause within an amendment protecting freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and freedom of association