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And all other approaches to the First Amendment\u2019s religious liberty clause, America can go down one of two paths.\u00a0 Either we can have a society that allows for all people of all faiths to openly express their religions through prayer and speech (including those who whose religious belief is atheism).\u00a0 Or we can have a society that says you can\u2019t speak to the issue of religion or express your religion because it offends me, and we need to invoke The Censorship in the name of tolerance<\/a>.\u00a0 And that, also, would include atheists making any backhanded digs at religious thought in public places.\u00a0 I\u2019m all for let\u2019s accept the differences, since going the way of censorship, if the evolution of PC Thought Control is any indicator, will likely result in a nation devoid of any freedoms or liberties at all.\u00a0 That certainly seems to be the trajectory of the last fifty years or so.\u00a0 And I have no doubt there are those who wish for this, as long as it doesn\u2019t impact them. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And all other approaches to the First Amendment\u2019s religious liberty clause, America can go down one of two paths.\u00a0 Either we can have a society that allows for all people of all faiths to openly express their religions through prayer and speech (including those who whose religious belief is atheism).\u00a0 Or we can have a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWith respect to public prayer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"And all other approaches to the First Amendment's religious liberty clause, America can go down one of two paths.  Either we can have a society that\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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