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mivan41 year, 7 months ago

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THUMBS UP! nostalgia, an excellent job of holding a Light to the TRUTH on this. The Separation LIE has been going on WAY to long!

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  toph19731 year, 7 months ago
  
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  I have no problem with religions making donations to political parties. However, if they can donate, we take away their tax exempt status, retroactively. They will have to pay taxes on the donations. Taxes on money given to the church would be taxed, not only the church pays, but people giving will be taxed as well. Maybe then this will remove the evil disease that is religion from this country.
  Our forefathers knew the evil of religion, that is why there is a separation of church and state. Separation is a lie only in the minds of people who believe in fariytales.
  
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    nostalgia1 year, 7 months ago
    
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    "Our forefathers knew the evil of religion, that is why there is a separation of church and state."
    Really???
    I suggest you read some more history on the founding of this country before you make that pronouncement again
    The founders did not want the government to ESTABLISH a national religion. Do you have any idea why that would have been a concern to them???
    You are also aware that they did not object if a colony or later a state had a "state established" religion, aren't you??
    
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        nostalgia1 year, 7 months ago
        
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        Roger Williams of Rhode Island and William Penn ensured the protection of religious minorities within their colonies from the beginning but others had established churches (Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony).
        Didn't Roger Williams leave Massachusetts because of religious oppression? Isn't that why he founded RI on the principle of state neutrality in matters of faith?
        He didn't want the state to dictate the religion you had to belong to
        
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  nostalgia1 year, 7 months ago
  
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  I'm always amused at the "selective" choices made when quotes from Jefferson are posted
  I have read a number of Jefferson biographies and he was a very complex person. With every biography I have read there is some new information I didn't know before
  He's a fascinating person
  You might find this interesting
  'A Wall of Separation'
  FBI Helps Restore Jefferson's Obliterated Draft
  You can read the letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists, which contains the phrase "a wall of separation between church and state". In the draft of the letter, Jefferson crossed out some words. The Library of Congress asked the FBI to try and determine what worods were scratched out in the draft. They were successful and you can read the entire original text
  The Library of Congress site also explains what was happening politically when the letter was written
  http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9806/danbury.html
  
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    BoxMonkey1 year, 7 months ago
    
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    Thank You Nostalgia . Your efforts show through . Thank you .
    
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