When it comes down to it, I believe the ACLU anti-religious zealots and the American Taliban religious zealots are both out of control.

Free exercise of religion (or the choice to abstain from practicing) means that government should not pass laws on people based on the morality of a religion, but rather only pass laws preventing harm from occurring to people who do not or cannot consent.

It should allow the public preaching of any and all faiths, the ability to people to privately invoke whatever diety they wish to or to abstain from invoking such diety at mealtimes. Any religious text should be allowed during free times only (not part of classroom reading time).

Whether or not our nation was founded on Christian principles is completely irrelevant to the here and now. We have progressed in some ways over the last 200 years, and to expand our thinking that people have the right to be who they are regardless of race, gender, and religion are a continuing part of that progression.

... I would start by removing the property tax exemptions on Church property, which is government promoting the establishment of religion by subsidizing their property.

Brad "Diva": 2004 Mazda 6s 5-door, Volcanic Red Rex: 1988 Mazda RX-7 Vert, Harbor Blue.