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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Neocon who wrote (77545)10/14/2003 5:53:02 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Well, yes it would, but it was not my impression that freedom of conscience was the basis for extending freedom of religion to folks like me. Not explicitly, anyway, as a separate concept. If there were no such thing as freedom of conscience, it would seem that the extension to the non-religious would still have been granted. Rather along the lines of extending "Christian nation" to "religious nation" to "spiritual nation." Just an evolution in open-mindedness and maybe a recognition of diversity. Perhaps freedom of conscience danced around the edges, given it's close relationship to freedom of religion. But freedom of religion is the five hundred pound gorilla in this. Freedom of conscience is a flea, Constitution wise.

At least that's the impression I had. No claim of expertise from this quarter.
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