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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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We signed the “Keep Religion Free in Your Community” petition!
# 300:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Carolyn Arkison, Oklahoma
# 299:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
JoAnne Sutton, California
# 298:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Name not displayed, California
The separation of Church and state is one of the reasons that this Country has been as succesful as it has been..
The separation of Church and state is one of the reasons that this Country has been as succesful as it has been..
# 297:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Jimmie Norman, Oklahoma
# 296:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Anastasia Keech, Illinois
This country belongs to all citizens, reguardless of their religious and spirtual choices. Don't infringe on their right to protect that.
This country belongs to all citizens, reguardless of their religious and spirtual choices. Don't infringe on their right to protect that.
# 295:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
John W. Taber, Delaware
# 294:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Name not displayed, Texas
Everyone is entitled to their own religious views. Keep church and state SEPARATE!
Everyone is entitled to their own religious views. Keep church and state SEPARATE!
# 293:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Roxanne Acosta, Florida
# 292:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Theresa Montrull, Colorado
# 291:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 290:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Jim Reed, Ohio
# 289:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Brian Ardolino, California
# 288:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Maureen Barlow, Massachusetts
# 287:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Karen Satcowitz, New York
# 286:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Claire Malloy, Georgia
# 285:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Deborah Levin, Colorado
Please, it's past time to put a stop to the intimidation of the organized interest groups. Enough!
Please, it's past time to put a stop to the intimidation of the organized interest groups. Enough!
# 284:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
BJ Nuttall, Maryland
# 283:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Deena Weinstein, Maine
# 282:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
James H Jorgensen, Iowa
# 281:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Karen Varney, California
The church and state NEED to stay SEPARATE...it is one of our fundamental rights and what makes America great...
The church and state NEED to stay SEPARATE...it is one of our fundamental rights and what makes America great...
# 280:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
James Massey, California
# 279:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Cary Estes, Alabama
# 278:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Marilyn Bernstein, Massachusetts
# 277:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Rodney Yarbrough, Georgia
# 276:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Maria Tadd, North Carolina
# 275:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Name not displayed, Michigan
# 274:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Curtis Stofferahn, North Dakota
# 273:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Sarah Rice, Vermont
# 272:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Name not displayed, New York
# 271:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Beth Martinez, Colorado
Amazing. I am certain that I don't want to go to "Heaven" if that's where you will be. It's a sad day to see this happen in America. May God protect us and keep America free from you nutjobs who profit from his name.
Amazing. I am certain that I don't want to go to "Heaven" if that's where you will be. It's a sad day to see this happen in America. May God protect us and keep America free from you nutjobs who profit from his name.
# 270:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Name not displayed, California
# 269:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Bill Townsley, Texas
# 268:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Jean Digby, Missouri
# 267:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Michael Ellis, Colorado
# 266:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Margie Kuehn, Washington
# 265:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Name not displayed, Ohio
# 264:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Linda Deutsch, California
# 263:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Claire Uziel, Washington D.C.
# 262:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Mark Fuller, Kansas
Keep church and state seperate
Keep church and state seperate
# 261:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
James Adams, North Carolina
# 260:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Name not displayed, Mississippi
# 259:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
AnnMarie Perry, New Jersey
Don't push your religious beliefs on me. Leave ME out of it.
Don't push your religious beliefs on me. Leave ME out of it.
# 258:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Kate Skolnick, New York
# 257:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Carol Murphy, Colorado
Enuf is enuf..You were hired to protect my rights...Get busy!! I don't believe they have any business infringing on my religious freedom and privacy!!..
Enuf is enuf..You were hired to protect my rights...Get busy!! I don't believe they have any business infringing on my religious freedom and privacy!!..
# 256:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Name not displayed, California
# 255:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
James Johnson, Iowa
# 254:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Myrna Ulrich, Wisconsin
# 253:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Clark Steinmetz, California
# 252:
12:44 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Khadija Qadri, Colorado