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Keep Religion Free in Your Community
Target: United States SenateSponsored by: Defcon - Campaign to Defend the Constitution
The Establishment Clause in the Bill of Rights is supposed to keep our government from interfering with religion, guard against the states' use of religion for political purposes, and ensure that the government does not act in a way
that prefers one religion over another, so that we may all worship freely.
But while the Establishment Clause protects our basic freedoms, it is not self-enforcing. If someone is forced to sue the government to protect their constitutional rights, justice and fairness dictate they be able to recover their legal fees expended to do so.
The Public Expression of Religion Act would prevent citizens from recovering their litigation costs if they sue to stop state-sponsored religion. This law is brazenly designed to make it next to impossible for private citizens to sue to protect their First Amendment rights because lawsuits are prohibitively expensive.
In other words, Congress and the Religious Right want to cement the establishment of their own religion as dominant via the force of the government, and the force of law.
Tell your Senators that religious freedom is more important than the agenda of the religious right!
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# 13,450:
2:32 pm PST, Mar 2,
Nickolas Nelson, Ohio
Religion is for everyone it doesent mater what religion and you should not have to pay to protect your rights
Religion is for everyone it doesent mater what religion and you should not have to pay to protect your rights
# 13,449:
4:02 pm PST, Feb 28,
Thomas Rom, New Jersey
# 13,448:
12:51 pm PST, Feb 28,
Stephanie Soquet, Virginia
# 13,447:
7:23 am PST, Feb 27,
Dogan Ozkan, Turkey
# 13,446:
7:36 am PST, Feb 26,
Amanda Golden, Texas
# 13,445:
2:11 am PST, Feb 26,
Mary-Ann Barnes, Canada
Religion of ones choice is a fundamental right to every person in the free world! Leave all those involved alone!
Religion of ones choice is a fundamental right to every person in the free world! Leave all those involved alone!
# 13,444:
8:44 pm PST, Feb 25,
Jacqueline Ratliff, Texas
# 13,443:
2:50 pm PST, Feb 25,
Lori Liberatore-Sowder, Florida
# 13,442:
11:29 am PST, Feb 25,
Irina Brenner, Ohio
Our Framework of religious Freedom has to stay untouchable. The purpose is to institutionalize religious Freedom . Please reinforce the message of freedom that there is room for everyone’s. religious ideas .
Our Framework of religious Freedom has to stay untouchable. The purpose is to institutionalize religious Freedom . Please reinforce the message of freedom that there is room for everyone’s. religious ideas .
# 13,441:
10:28 pm PST, Feb 24,
Deage Hipps, California
# 13,440:
8:02 pm PST, Feb 24,
Christian Lindberg, Sweden
# 13,439:
9:09 am PST, Feb 23,
Priyanka Sharma, Canada
# 13,438:
10:35 pm PST, Feb 22,
Shawna Valladolid, California
# 13,437:
10:35 pm PST, Feb 22,
Cory Richard, Florida
# 13,436:
9:33 pm PST, Feb 20,
Cody W. Smith, Oregon
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# 13,435:
9:32 pm PST, Feb 20,
Colleen Odom, Florida
We take GOD out of our lives and look what happens. We become a nation that is falling apart. Our Fathers Fathers built this country on GOD and it has always worked. Now that we have all these other people moving into our GREAT country... we want to please ALL of them....... NO, If you DO NOT like the fact that we worship OUR GOD... go back to your country we are NOT stopping you from worshiping your GOD... NOW LEAVE US ALONE.
We take GOD out of our lives and look what happens. We become a nation that is falling apart. Our Fathers Fathers built this country on GOD and it has always worked. Now that we have all these other people moving into our GREAT country... we want to please ALL of them....... NO, If you DO NOT like the fact that we worship OUR GOD... go back to your country we are NOT stopping you from worshiping your GOD... NOW LEAVE US ALONE.
# 13,434:
12:33 pm PST, Feb 20,
Lauren Stone, California
# 13,433:
3:11 am PST, Feb 20,
David M. Band, MD, Maryland
# 13,432:
7:22 am PST, Feb 19,
Abby Sanderson, South Dakota
# 13,431:
6:42 am PST, Feb 19,
Paul Samaha, Virginia
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# 13,430:
8:06 pm PST, Feb 18,
Deb York, Tennessee
# 13,429:
11:27 am PST, Feb 18,
Crystal Troy, New Jersey
# 13,428:
11:00 am PST, Feb 17,
Anthony Aquilano, Maryland
Our Forefathers were belivers in god to the extent that all our money has god on it and most of the buildings in Washington, DC have religious figures put there by our forefathers. ????
Our Forefathers were belivers in god to the extent that all our money has god on it and most of the buildings in Washington, DC have religious figures put there by our forefathers. ????
# 13,427:
8:42 pm PST, Feb 16,
Name not displayed, California
# 13,426:
6:01 pm PST, Feb 16,
RM Merrill, Connecticut
Is there no end to this hipocrisy? Is there no end to bending the word of God to suit your agenda? Has greed taken over your lives the same way our government has become? And what WOULD Jesus do? I know God is going to have the final word on wether we qualify to join him in that mystical place on high. The path you've choosen by demanding religious mandate is just a little contrary to the lords teachings. I suggest you watch your step because the trap is set and the athiest government that is operating in this new century by hipocracy WILL fall, just as the Romans, the Greeks and a hundred other societies. Haven't you people realized that this world your trying to conqure won't be conqured. That's God's promise.
Is there no end to this hipocrisy? Is there no end to bending the word of God to suit your agenda? Has greed taken over your lives the same way our government has become? And what WOULD Jesus do? I know God is going to have the final word on wether we qualify to join him in that mystical place on high. The path you've choosen by demanding religious mandate is just a little contrary to the lords teachings. I suggest you watch your step because the trap is set and the athiest government that is operating in this new century by hipocracy WILL fall, just as the Romans, the Greeks and a hundred other societies. Haven't you people realized that this world your trying to conqure won't be conqured. That's God's promise.
# 13,425:
3:21 pm PST, Feb 14,
Carola Mitchell, North Carolina
# 13,424:
8:39 pm PST, Feb 13,
Linda Kobernuss, Ohio
# 13,423:
4:35 pm PST, Feb 12,
Emily Groner, Massachusetts
# 13,422:
3:50 pm PST, Feb 12,
Tiffany Jacobsen, Minnesota
# 13,421:
11:43 am PST, Feb 12,
Debra Micheal, Ohio
# 13,420:
3:21 pm PST, Feb 10,
Christine Iadeluca, New York
# 13,419:
9:59 am PST, Feb 9,
Sarah Van merkesteyn, Illinois
# 13,418:
1:34 pm PST, Feb 8,
Amy Saxton, Georgia
This country was founded primarily by those seeking religious freedom. However, everywhere we go one must swear under oath to "God," "We pledge allegiance to...one nation, under "God," Pagan wedding ceremonies are not recognized as legally binding, being a woman, my rights to choose how I live my life are currently in danger because some people believe my choices are unethical by their god, etc. I am tired of forfeiting my rights simply because of my religion. I'm standing up and finally demanding that Paganism (just as Christianity) be recognized as a religion in the United States.
This country was founded primarily by those seeking religious freedom. However, everywhere we go one must swear under oath to "God," "We pledge allegiance to...one nation, under "God," Pagan wedding ceremonies are not recognized as legally binding, being a woman, my rights to choose how I live my life are currently in danger because some people believe my choices are unethical by their god, etc. I am tired of forfeiting my rights simply because of my religion. I'm standing up and finally demanding that Paganism (just as Christianity) be recognized as a religion in the United States.
# 13,417:
3:10 pm PST, Feb 7,
Gregory Williamson, South Carolina
Laus Deo!!!!! / Psalms 118:8-9 / Romans 8:28
Laus Deo!!!!! / Psalms 118:8-9 / Romans 8:28
# 13,416:
3:06 am PST, Feb 7,
Delores Carr, California
# 13,415:
11:38 pm PST, Feb 6,
Darla Black, California
FREEEEEDOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FREEEEEDOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# 13,414:
12:23 am PST, Feb 6,
Madhu Ahuja, India
# 13,413:
11:49 pm PST, Feb 5,
Rebecca Valenzuela, California
THis is a free country. We should be free to worship as we choose.
THis is a free country. We should be free to worship as we choose.
# 13,412:
7:12 am PST, Feb 5,
Elizabeth Windholz, Maine
# 13,411:
12:53 pm PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, Alabama
This country is supposed to be free,but the USA is becoming another Russia! OUR GOD IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR!!!
This country is supposed to be free,but the USA is becoming another Russia! OUR GOD IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR!!!
# 13,410:
12:26 pm PST, Feb 3,
Name not displayed, Arizona
# 13,409:
6:14 am PST, Feb 2,
Karen Redd, Arkansas
# 13,408:
4:37 pm PST, Feb 1,
Randa Doeppers, Missouri
# 13,407:
8:26 am PST, Feb 1,
Renee C. Wozniak, Massachusetts
This country was founded primarily by those seeking religious freedom. However, everywhere we go one must swear under oath to "God," "We pledge allegiance to...one nation, under "God," Pagan wedding ceremonies are not recognized as legally binding, being a woman, my rights to choose how I live my life are currently in danger because some people believe my choices are unethical by their god, etc. I am tired of forfeiting my rights simply because of my religion. I'm standing up and finally demanding that Paganism (just as Christianity) be recognized as a religion in the United States.
This country was founded primarily by those seeking religious freedom. However, everywhere we go one must swear under oath to "God," "We pledge allegiance to...one nation, under "God," Pagan wedding ceremonies are not recognized as legally binding, being a woman, my rights to choose how I live my life are currently in danger because some people believe my choices are unethical by their god, etc. I am tired of forfeiting my rights simply because of my religion. I'm standing up and finally demanding that Paganism (just as Christianity) be recognized as a religion in the United States.
# 13,406:
9:52 pm PST, Jan 31,
Tracy Hunter, California
Religion is Sacrisanct. NO civil authority, should any influence over anythings of a religious nature, not how a religion is practiced, not who practices a particular religion, no if a religion can or should be practiced. ALL THINGS connected with religion are outside the scope of any non-religious authority and it should remain so. Religious people are bound ONLY by their religious teachings and no other idea and no one outside of ANY religion should be able to tell a person of any religion how they should be in any way shape or form. Until that is the case, religious freedom will never be anything more than a carrot cangled in fromt of us that is ripped away at a moments notice from anyone that is unwilling to ignore their religious rights in favor of non-religious ideas.
Religion is Sacrisanct. NO civil authority, should any influence over anythings of a religious nature, not how a religion is practiced, not who practices a particular religion, no if a religion can or should be practiced. ALL THINGS connected with religion are outside the scope of any non-religious authority and it should remain so. Religious people are bound ONLY by their religious teachings and no other idea and no one outside of ANY religion should be able to tell a person of any religion how they should be in any way shape or form. Until that is the case, religious freedom will never be anything more than a carrot cangled in fromt of us that is ripped away at a moments notice from anyone that is unwilling to ignore their religious rights in favor of non-religious ideas.
# 13,405:
9:33 pm PST, Jan 31,
Autumn Sims, Arizona
We came to this land for this every thing!
We came to this land for this every thing!
# 13,404:
6:06 pm PST, Jan 31,
Tori Rumbaugh, California
# 13,403:
5:22 pm PST, Jan 29,
Derick Pierce, Massachusetts
# 13,402:
4:09 pm PST, Jan 29,
Danielle Hertsenberg, Ohio
# 13,401:
1:49 pm PST, Jan 28,
THERESA ABBOTT, Missouri