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17) ...All people would be welcome to practice their religious faith with no official state-run religion, just as the Founding Fathers intended. So, yes, you could have a manger in front of the town hall at Christmas and the Ten Commandments on a court house wall, and teachers in public school could teach from the Bible in class when it was appropriate.
This would be heaven on earth if it ever came to pass. Unfortunately religious tolerance in America has never been practiced. Everyone wants religious tolerance ... of their religion. I suppose if everyone was Christian, as this article implies, then we wouldn't have to tolerate Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, etc. but we should as long as such exist among us.
If every American was a Christian conservative Tea Partier...
1) …There would be fewer regulations, lower taxes, a business-friendly environment, and a much smaller government that would lead to considerably stronger economic growth and job creation. In fact, we'd probably have to dramatically increase the number of work permits we hand out to foreign workers, not because there are "jobs Americans won't do" (which don't actually exist), but because so many Americans would be employed that we'd have to bring in more people to do all of the available work.
2) ...The richest Americans would have...
Amen.
"So, yes, you could have a manger in front of the town hall at Christmas and the Ten Commandments on a court house wall,"
I disagree. We all have the freedom in our choice of house of worship or lawn decoration, but not which courthouse we use. Government buildings need to avoid religious trappings. In contrast to Dixie County's "Thou shalt not commit adultry." (sic) I would advocate their adultery as an improvement over their infancy. For all their Bible thumping, they demonstrate ignorance of its actual content. Religious tenets should not be the basis for secular law.
Could we break the chain in our generation? Could we be the ones who learn to tolerate each other's beliefs. That would be a truly better society.