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Separation of church and state is causing most of the nation's current problems. At least that's the contention of God and Country, a new political group in East Texas. It was also the theme of their first rally held on Feb. 18 in Tyler, TX at the Lakeview Church of the Nazarene.
"As a result of the assault on our Western culture," it says on their web page, "we are witnessing corruption, violence, lawlessness, breakdown of the traditional family, and a nation that is becoming secularized."
"With this has come the loss of our freedom and individualism to an overreaching big government/nanny state."
“For decades Christian leaders have been bullied into silence because they thought they would lose their non-profit status if they discussed politics in the pulpit," said Ray Myers, the Kaufman County Tea Party chairman and one of the founders of God and Country. "Now they are realizing that this is unconstitutional.”
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Texas group calls for the end of church-state separation
Here we go again, another attempt to amend the Constitution. Albeit it's not worded in those terms.
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#1 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:43 AM ESTit's ironic, and hilarious that one of the reasons we (Texas, that is) wanted to split with Mexico way back then, was because we (Texans) had to be become Catholics regardless of our religious beliefs.
we just could not stand someone telling us what to do, or how to believe (or not...never mind), or how to worship, ect. we could not tolerate the state dictating religous practises, or non-practises, or anything else for that matter (especially a state so foreign to us AMERICANS).
irony is such crazy concept...
luv,
ron
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#2 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:27 AM ESTYou only got to look to the Middle East to see how politics and religion combine to suppress the population and take away free choices. "religious values" are hyperbole, created to control the masses so that those church leaders with vested interests in maintaining their power in the ME, can continue with their ego-mania. Surely, in the West, Church and State have two separate roles to fulfil. Your US Constitution protects the rights of the individual to make their own religious choices, or not. Those that have religious affiliations are free to pursue their own personal values and lifestyle accordingly. Why muddy the waters?
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