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Originally posted by SecretMethod70
[Devil's Advocate]
I'm getting tired of seeing people reference the "genius" of the founding fathers in claiming dthat religion has no part effecting our government. Believe in freedom FROM religion all you want, but start a new movement for a new amendment then, because the current one assures freedom OF religion. One need only look to the person who WROTE IT to see that.
I'm all for working to get a new amendment in there that does what people wish to believe the first amendment does. That's the right of US citizens. But to intentionally misconstrue the intentions of the founding fathers - and then label them geniuses for it! Call them geniuses for what they intended, not what you wish they intended. And if you feel they left something out - such as the freedom FROM religion - work to get it put in. Don't accept people in goverment who are willing to ignore the intentions of the founding fathers and twist the meanings of their words in order to create a situation to their liking because it's easier than going about it the right way.
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yes, they might all have been belivers in supernatural, but they didnt put any of that into the constitution. they knew how messed up it was going to get if they mixed religion and govt. they kept them as seperate entities.
even though the constitution doesnt explicitly state the seperation of church and state, a long list of supreme court cases have.
government should not make policy based on what the church deems as acceptable