Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; Congress has made plenty of laws respecting secular humanism. They have also made laws limiting free exercise of an actual religion, Christianity. Congress is in violation of the constitution that governs them.
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"Congress has made plenty of laws respecting secular humanism."
Um, Stanley? You're misreading the first amendment. Laws to respect religion, or the lack of religion, do not violate the amendment.
By ' no law respecting an establishment of religion' the 'respect' part means 'with regards to' not 'showing respect for.'
But, hey, points for originality. Never seen this particular misapplication of vocabulary before.
"Free exercise of religion" doesn't mean you can do whatever you want in the name of your religion, just like freedom of speech doesn't mean you can say whatever you want in any place at any time, or just like the right to bear arms doesn't mean you can carry a gun anywhere you please.
Then please point out where it says verbatim the words 'God', 'Jesus' or 'Christianity' in the US Constitution.
Because unless you want a state religion - Christianity - then that slight kerfuffle known as the War of Independence was all for naught.
...but hey, far from we Brits to stop you handing over the keys to the White House to our monarch & head of our state religion Queen Elizabeth II, amirite?! Remember a past monarch who was head of the same C-of-E: King George III.
Once you get your head round that concept, then you'll know precisely why another George - and his fellow rebels against a head of a state religion - put that in that Constitution of yours. A clue for one Zimbabwean Dollar:
The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion
-George Washington
Capische?
"They have also made laws limiting free exercise of an actual religion, Christianity."
Citation really needed, Stanley. No, you never did have the "freedom to deny freedom to others", so shut up about your imaginary persecution.
Name. One. Law.
And no, allowing things you don't like does not limit your free exercise of religion. You are in no way obligated to do those things. So I'm pretty sure that leaves you... nothing.
Nice to know one of you knows that particular clause. Now if only you knew what it meant or how it applied...
Secular humanism is the opposite of religion.
Your rights to exercise your religion ends where the next person is exercising her/his religion.
Congress is probably in violation, but not in this regard. Congress should work for the people, not for corporations.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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