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Originally Posted by KDMafia
Maybe it's me but I don't see why this is listed as a bad thing. No one is saying that on their own time religious organizations can't promote their views. Hell I have had way more religious pamphlets handed to me than anything for atheism. The issue was based on freedom of religion. You can practice what you like but there is no reason that the gov't should support one religion at the exclusion of others or should make assumptions based on religion (I think this gets especially dicey at places that deal with memorials in light of different views of the afterlife and what it takes to get there).
Also, to answer how our gov't supports christiantity. Um, Presidents are sworn in the Bible, most president end their speeches with "may God bless America" There are National days of Prary which are generally attended by Christian pastors. Christmas is a federal holiday. The entire issue of rights deprived of Homosexuals is completely based on a religious foundation yet it has been encoded in our laws. There are many ways in which or gov't does express a Christian bent.
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Which brings us back to the title of this thread and what LittleDragon posted, freedom of religion doesn't mean freedom from religion.
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