AstroManLuca
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- Jun 24, 2004
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Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: dphantom
No, it is recognition of an event significant to the community. No one is being forced to attend, convert, pray or whatever. If a Jew, Muslim or Hindu asked for the same consideration, then it would also be ok for a like contribution.
In reality, so many groups woudlhave their hand out that most communities would simply so no to everything and that is perfectly fine too.
Hamilton forsaw some of the problems we are having today in his Federalist Paper 84 regarding the inclusion of a Bill of Rights. I am coming more to his opinion that we should never have had those rights included as a separate document as the Constitution already defines what rights the Government has and everything else belongs to the people.
They are being forced to pay for it.
In reality, that is why we're saying no to this kind of thing. It is better just to say no to everything that to favor a single group.
Hamilton was a strong federalist with a relatively low regard for individual and states rights.
Yeah, that's my main problem with all these religious things. I know that free exercise is protected just as much as establishment is prohibited. So if a member of the city council really wants to put a Jesus statue somewhere, have him solicit donations from people to get it done outside of government. But don't use people's tax dollars to pay for it.
Same reason I'm against the recent push by some churches to endorse specific political candidates. They claim it's their right to say what they want, and I agree. However, they also seem to think they should be allowed to keep their tax-exempt status. And I'm sorry, but that's just going too far. Pick one or the other.
Everyone forgets that everything the government pays for is done with YOUR money. MY money. Everything they own belongs to all of us. I could only support the spending of government money to buy a religious statue if there was a unanimous vote among every single person who pays taxes to that particular town.
