First Amendment = Christianity Only

[Rev. Rye]

[quote='Kitanetos' pid='562282' dateline='1386904794']
[quote]Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association said Tuesday that the founding fathers intended the First Amendment to only protect Christianity, not Islam or any other religions.

On his radio program, called Focal Point, Fischer said the word “religion” in the First Amendment referred to Christianity alone. That is why, according to Fischer, Satanists cannot seek equal representation at the Oklahoma statehouse grounds. [/quote]

Hmm. Let me see if I can get it straight:

[quote]Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.[/quote]
Where does any of this say "Christians only?"

[quote]“At the time of the founding [of the United States], 99.8 percent of the population of the colonies were Christians. The other 0.2 percent were Jews,” he said.[/quote]
I can't help but notice that someone's missing from this equation... and I'm not even talking about the atheists and people who didn't go for organised religion; I'm talking about the "pagan" Native Americans who were still in the colonies and being decimated.


[quote]“They weren’t providing any cover or shelter for the free exercise of Islam or even Judaism or even atheism.[/quote]
Nice to know you don't think that Jews have a right to their own religion under the Constitution, Bryan. With enlightened views like those, it's no wonder RationalWiki counts you as being "batshit crazy."

[quote] They weren’t saying you can’t do it — I want to be clear on that — they weren’t prohibiting that, they were just saying that is not what we are talking about here.”[/quote]
Well, as I can see, the text seems to state that their religion has no place in government, but, otherwise, we've got no quarrel with your religious practices. That's what "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" means.