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For a detailed analysis of Amendment 48, download and read the Coalition for Secular Government's issue paper by Ari Armstrong and Diana Hsieh:
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www.seculargovernment.us/a48.shtml
www.seculargovernment.us/a48.shtml
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Secularism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Secularism is the concept that government or other entities should exist separately from religion and/or religious beliefs. In one sense, secularism may assert the right to be free from religious rul...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism
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And they were right. We now have a secular government and are one of the most religious nations on earth. ... A secular government protects every single minority religious group - ALL religious groups. This is another way of saying that a secular government protects everyone's freedom of religion. A secular government is...
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www.watchblog.com/democrats/archives/003417.html
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The Constitution reflects our founders views of a secular government, protecting the freedom of any belief or unbelief. The historian, Robert Middlekauff, observed, "the idea that the Constitution expressed a moral view seems absurd.
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www.earlyamerica.com/review/summer97/secular.html
www.earlyamerica.com/review/summer97/secular.html
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The abortion issues is not the only front on which the church is attempting to blackmail secular government officials. The Archdiocese of Washington's threat to the D.C. Council to pull out of running social service programs unless the council rewrites its proposed same-sex marriage bill is even more outrageous.
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newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/susan_jac...
newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/susan_jacoby/2009/11/the_catholic_churchs_rights_vs_the_publics_rights.html
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Yet critics of the court decision do not seem to understand the difference between a secular government and an atheistic one. A secular government is one which does not favor one religion over another and which does not favor belief in God over nonbelief in God.
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www.infidels.org/library/modern/features/2000/lowder2.h...
www.infidels.org/library/modern/features/2000/lowder2.html
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The political value I hold most dear, and feel is most at risk from the demonstrated power of the religious right, is secular governance. It's the cornerstone of the religious freedom that I enjoy and that Jonathan Falwell and his followers enjoy every day.
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www.roanoke.com/editorials/strother/wb/wb/xp-132527
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The office of the president is a secular office in a secular government. There is not a word in the Constitution that authorizes the president or anyone else in the federal government to make a religious decision.
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www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese421.html
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