Atheists demand removal of Utah highway crosses commemorating fallen Highway Patrol troopers

"J.C." > wrote in
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> "Kate " > wrote in message
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>> >Larry Bud wrote:
>> >> > "The presence of the UHP logo on a poignant religious symbol
>> >> > is an
>> >> > unconstitutional violation of the United States Constitution. It
>> >> > is government endorsement of religion," said Rivers, Utah
>> >> > director for American Atheists.
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>> >> Sigh. As a fellow Atheist, I can't stand these nutjobs.
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>> >> The Constitution clearly states "Congress shall make no law
>> >> respecting an establishment of religion"
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>> >> If Mr. Rivers can point to a bill that was passed by Congress
>> >> establishing a religion, I'm all ears, and will defend his point.
>> >> Otherwise, there is no violation.
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>> You made the common mistake that lots of theists do.
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>> the words are 'establish religion' not 'establish a religion'
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>> What the words establish religion mean, is congress can make no law
>> that supports religion in any form.
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> Nor deny the free exercise thereof. Why do people always try to hide
> that part? The federal government can even spend taxpayer money to
> support religion. You simply don't know what you are talking about.
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> Criticism is easy and takes no intelligence at all.
> Offerring a valid, different solution takes brains.
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> J. C.
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There are limits to that "free exercise" thing,like any other "right".

And the Federal and State governments should NOT be spending public funds
on "supporting religion".

However,I would support a checkbox for that on the tax returns like there
is for Election donations.
Then the People can directly delegate funds to their chosen NGO activity.
(NGO=non-government organization)

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

> And the Federal and State governments should NOT be spending public funds
> on "supporting religion".

Certainly where the funds come from is another issue.


> However,I would support a checkbox for that on the tax returns like there
> is for Election donations.
> Then the People can directly delegate funds to their chosen NGO activity.
> (NGO=non-government organization)

Tax forms are messy enough. If you want to delegate funds to your
chosen NGO, you donate and deduct it.