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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 1148957" data-attributes="member: 18225">&quot;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...&quot;In this nation, we have the freedom to practice various and differing religions, as well as the freedom to not practice any religion.It&#039;s equal opportunity, man, and the Founders were quite specific about this, as you point out:&nbsp; there is no &#039;state&#039; religion in the US.Soooo....I&#039;ll disagree with your statement that the Founders &#039;went out of their way to ensure the freedom of religion not the freedom FROM religion&#039;...(How would you feel if the Five Precepts of Buddhism were enforced in our school system?&nbsp; or the Five Pillars of Islam?&nbsp; Or the basic traditions of Zorastrianism?, etc...)You feel me?That&#039;s sort of the point, it&#039;s the &#039;Freedom of Religion&#039;.(Freedom &#039;from&#039; Religion is kind of rolled up right in there, isn&#039;t it?)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 1148957, member: 18225"] [B]"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."[/B] In this nation, we have the freedom to practice various and differing religions, as well as the freedom to not practice any religion. It's equal opportunity, man, and the Founders were quite specific about this, as you point out: there is no 'state' religion in the US. Soooo....I'll disagree with your statement that the Founders 'went out of their way to ensure the freedom of religion [B]not the freedom FROM religion[/B]'... (How would you feel if the Five Precepts of Buddhism were enforced in our school system? or the Five Pillars of Islam? Or the basic traditions of Zorastrianism?, etc...) You feel me? That's sort of the point, it's the 'Freedom of Religion'. (Freedom 'from' Religion is kind of rolled up right in there, isn't it?) [/QUOTE]

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