Sunday, March 4, 2012

Okay, Where's the Separation?

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.

The message above is the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.   This is where people of no faith go to when they scream "separation of church and state"!  You'll note there is no such language.  The part of religion mentioned here just means the government can't tell you how, what or where to worship.

This amendment clearly allows free expression of religion, meaning if a judge wants to put a sculpture of the 10 commandments in his courtroom, he can.  If there is another judge who wants to do one for the Quran, that's okay, too.  If a student wants to begin with a prayer at a sporting event, prom or graduation, so be it.  See, we have the judicial arm of our governing system basically ruling against our own constitution when they don't allow the "free excercise thereof" in respect to religion.   The judicial arm isn't supposed to have a say in this, Congress is, and they're not allowed to install a government-backed religion or outlaw a particular religion.

Now we have the Health and Human Services directive that even religious employers must offer employees paid contraceptive medications, devices, etc. as part of their health care.  This is TYPICALLY backed by the Obama administration and members of the President's party.  Why aren't those same people who would threaten to arrest a Texas teen if said teen opened graduation ceremonies with a prayer standing up and shouting "Separation of Church and State!"?

I guess nowadays, you can only use the "separation" words (that do not exist in the Constitution by the way), if it benefits non-religious interests.  If that same phrase BENEFITS a particular religion, apparently it doesn't count or doesn't exist.

I will never understand why it is so important to allow people to end pregnancies or prevent them. I do believe the smaller the population, the easier it is to control.  I believe if you pander to enough special interests, you can "buy" their votes in elections.  I believe when you make the value of a life simply a word like "choice" you reduce value of human life in general, making it very easy to defend, oh let's say a health care program that will refuse care to a very ill older person, because their life is worth less than a similarly ill younger person. 

You might say "separation of church and state is in the constitution".  I say find it and show it to me.  Then look up some Thomas Jefferson letters and see if you find it there and check the context.  Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindi, and other religions are constitutionally guaranteed the right to freely express their religions.  In my opinion, if religious employers demand that those taking a paycheck from them live under a specific set of rules knowing at time of hire they are going to be under the guidelines of that religion's order, there should be no governmental pressure to change the religion to match the employees beliefs.

You might despise organized religion.  You might be one whose faith is first in their life.  Either way, you both have freedoms to lose if the HHS decree is allowed.  When the government starts getting into YOUR business, you'll be looking for help, and all the ones who would help will be outlawed, or gone.  The government should fear the people.  We have the power to vote the buggers out, and replace them with real hard-working Americans who will look at the constitution not as an ancient document flawed by the lack of sophisticated technology, but as the real beliefs of a people looking to create a nation that serves it's populace, and not the opposite.

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