On Fri, 6 May 2005 14:07:53 -0700, "John Smith"
wrote in
:

You are right, that is the bill of rights--the two documents are inseperable
in my mind--I often refer to them both as one...


That's because they -are- one. The Bill of Rights is just a name used
for the first ten Amendments to the Constitution. Actually, the bill
contained twelve amendments, but the first two didn't pass. One of
those two amendments passed 150 years later. The other one deserves
reconsideration -- it would establish an upper limit on the number of
people that can be represented by a member of the House of Reps.


And, you are right again, we do indeed have freedom of religion--the "state"
cannot establish a "state religion" is what that means...


Absolutely right. Religious freedom is for -everybody-, not just the
majority. If the government starts playing favorites then the freedoms
enjoyed by the minorities are stifled, and we regress back to the same
type of government that ruled over the colonies until they declared
independence from Britain.


I didn't want them
to anyway ... with my luck they'd pick the "Jehovah Witnesses"--I'd have
gov't people knocking on my door on the weekend!!!! grin


Hmmmm..... Jehovah's Witness IRS agents..... now -that's- scary!






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