--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 9/13/07 5:49:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > That's the main problem, mixing politics and religion. The US > government is based on the Constitution, NOT specifically on > Judeo/Christian values. The words 'Jewish', 'Christian' and even 'God' > do not appear in the US Constitution. > > > > And the Constitution allows for the congress to pass laws regarding conduct > and if the majority what conduct to reflect their cultural beliefs that is > what is passed in the congress.
And if religions wish to participate in politics and legislation they should be required to pay taxes. But that again invites the problems of theocracy slipping in to establish a foothold to legislate religion - and this was the kind of tyranny the founding fathers intensely wished to prevent.
