WTF???

[Tiberius]

Fair enough, Adrian. I'll give you all of that as long as atheists quit misusing the Constitution to push their agenda.

We aren't pushing an agenda. We aren't misusing the Constitution. As I argued in my first reply to you, the Supreme Court has ruled that the 1st Amendment cannot restrict the free exercise of religion, nor does it allow the government to promote one religion over another, or over irreligion. This means, quite simply, that any government act that overlaps a religious one (or affects a religion) is unconstitutional.

This overlap includes (but is not limited to) the following:

- Prayer in public schools. By which I mean, either forced prayer, or a prayer given out as part of a school ceremony. Private prayer by individuals (or groups of people who are all fine with it) is not prohibited. The free exercise of religion is not being reduced by prohibiting prayer as an official school activity; it is upholding it for those students whose religious beliefs do not involved prayer.

- Any form of religious indoctrination by the government, or forced religious test by the government. In other words, the government cannot force you to believe a certain way, nor can it make a requirement that you have to be of a certain religion to qualify for any kind of government job. This includes atheism as a religion by the way. The government can no more indoctrinate atheism than it can Christianity, or any other religion. That is to say, just because government cannot mention "God", does not mean its stance is "there is no God". The government's stance on religion (including God) should be "That is none of our business. Religious beliefs are personal, and not controlled by the state."

- 10 Commandments being displayed in courtrooms. For obvious reasons, these commandments are representative of the Abrahamic religions, and thus are favouring those religions over any others. Not only that, but there are several of the 10 commandments which are simply not covered by the laws of the US. It makes no sense to have them displayed in courtrooms when some of them aren't even part of the justice system.