heraldsun.com: Tom Ehrich: We've been down this ro...: ". . .The Constitution doesn't exist to resolve religious disputes. It exists to provide a just and equitable environment of laws and rights in which citizens can address religious issues, along with equally thorny issues involving human rights, property rights and competing claims for power.
The Constitution doesn't exist to implement a certain 'American way of life.' It exists to ensure an environment of freedom in which the ways Americans live can flourish and evolve, within a common commitment to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.
The Constitution doesn't exist to implement certain religious beliefs. The colonies had been down that road and it was disastrous. The Constitution exists to provide an environment in which all citizens are free to worship and to believe as they choose. It is difficult to imagine a situation more antithetical to the American way than faith by fiat. . ."
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