>>>Re religion, we not only have freedom of religion, we have freedom from religion.
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>>Sorry Mike but the 1st amendment doesn't work that way.
>>Consider :
>>Freedom from speech
>>Freedom from the press
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>>These do not exist, nor should they. The citizenry has every right to not listen or avoid religion, speech and the press, but they do not have a right to prevent another's right to engage in them.
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>>Despite the current climate of legislating the purging of religious symbols from public and stifling speech through PC laws, I hold out hope that the original intent of the Constitution will eventually win out. Mind you, I'm not holding my breath. ;)
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>Did I suggest anywhere than anyone should be prevented from following the religion of their choice? If so I misspoke.

I was responding to the "we have freedom from religion" piece of the statement. The implication of the statement is that we have a right to not have religion around us, which is not the case.

>Re free speech, I have no complaints at all in that regard. AFAIK we are all free to say about anything we want to, with no danger beyond people disagreeing with us or even disliking us for what we say. Those who think we don't have a sufficient right of free speech should try living somewhere they REALLY don't have it.

We obviously agree.