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To: Land of the Irish
"One can undoubtedly learn from the United States [and this] process by which the state makes room for religion, which is not imposed, but which, thanks to the state, lives, exists and has a public creative force. It certainly is a positive way.

This forked tongued prince needs to read our Declaration of Independence. It is through this document that passage of the Constitution was made possible. Had the Constitutional Convention balked at the inclusion of the ten amendments to that document, there would not have a ratification of it by the states.

It is by and through our Creator - not the state - that American Citizens gained their freedom from state interference into their religious choices, and their ability to assemble for any other purpose.

4 posted on 12/12/2004 9:16:16 AM PST by Robert Drobot (God, family, country. All else is meaningless.)
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To: Robert Drobot

Of course freedom comes from God, but it certainly helps to have a state that has laws that will implement true religious freedom , particularly as a Catholic confessional state is a practical impossibility in the modern day.


44 posted on 12/12/2004 5:24:08 PM PST by Unam Sanctam
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