Posts Tagged ‘seperation of church and state’

In recent years, especially the last 2 or 3, many conservatives have been looking seriously at third parties, especially the Libertarian Party as a new home for their vote. For the most part, their former party was the Republican Party, but the actions of the Republicans have been increasingly indistinguishable from the opposing party, with some actions even more atrocious in their invasion of individual liberties and cost to the taxpayers. This trend has even lead to some comments that the LP is being taken over by Republicans, or that libertarians are just anti-war republicans, etc. While this is not the case, I do welcome the huge influx of former, or reformed, republicans. I am, in fact, one of them myself, only my transition was about 10 years ago. Read the rest of this entry »

The U.S. Constitution: Our most sacred of national documents. Along with the Bill of Rights it provides the basis upon which our governmental system, the structure of the social organization and culture of the United States of America, is founded. Certain inalienable rights are laid out therein, the first of which is the guarantee for our freedom of speech and our freedom of religion. The first amendment states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” This is the foundation for the concept of a separation of Church and State, a wise act on the part of our Founding Fathers considering the history of government and religion. Read the rest of this entry »