Thursday, June 4, 1998

Religion not threatened in U.S

The sponsors of the  " Religious Freedom Amendment " seem to

    think that  Christianity is as vulnerable to persecution in U.S.A

    today as it was in ancient Rome in the time of Nero.

         Where is the evidence  of  contempt for the country's religious

    traditions?  Where has the venerable Bill of Rights failed miserably

    to protect freedom of worship ?

         Is the religious  Right in fact looking for an American Constantine

    to protect a national Christian religion ?

        The Christian point of view already insinuates itself everywhere -

    in the press, on radio and TV, in the schools, in the military, certainly

    in the Congress . This is not a " conspiracy " but  simply reflects

    the fact that most Americans are  believing Christians.

      The genius of the Bill of Rights is that it protects EVERYBODY.

      Do we want to throw old fashioned Americanism away in order to

    become the mirror image of one those repressive Islamic countries ?

        God is alive and well in the American tradition. He does not need

    to be  " revived " by the far right.

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