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I was reading an article about a bill that passed in the House today prohibiting the courts from ruling on the constitutionality of the Pledge of Alliegance.
Here is a quote from that article:
The Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said that under the bill, "religious minorities will no longer have the right to go to federal court to defend their deeply held religious beliefs."
My first impression was: what rights, etc, are being violated by continuing to allow the Pledge to be recited in school? If you don't agree with it, don't recite it. Very simple.
I think this quote is a good example of people "making up" rights that don't really exist under the Constitution, and political correctness gone horribly wrong.
Second, how are those people's religious beliefs being threatened? Why would they need to go to court in the first place. Nothing has been done to warrant going to court for anything. Those of you who have read previous blogs of mine know I'm an athiest. I've confused some people because of apparantly conflicting beliefs. I may be an athiest, but I fail to see how reciting the Pledge, or allowing pray in school for that matter, somehow infringes upon any of my "rights".
Now onto the reason I don't feel this bill should be passed:
Very simple: all three branches of government are supposed to be independent. Congress can't tell the Courts what cases they can and can't hear. Doing so defeats the purpose of having a judicial branch.
That's it...quite simple. No religion involved at all, no PCness involved, just plain old common sense and a plain reading of the Constitution.
Anyway....just had to rant for a bit because that quote got me pissed off.
have a nice day.
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