Treaty of Tripoli was meant to convey first of all the sense that Christianity is simply not the official religion of the state (i.e., a state church, which the original colonists came here to avoid)
but "The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States" by Benjamin F. Morris has over 1,000 pages of research documenting the reality that the moral precepts that form most of the laws that govern civil society in our nation are embodied most fully in the Judeo-Christian faith tradition
it was also meant to convey the sense that we wouldn't go to war against Muslims out of whatever philosophical opposition to their barbaric system of Shariah Law that we might possess alone, but if and only if they begin to threaten us with their barbarism (gee, sounds an awful lot like what's happening in Dearborn, doesn't it?)
and pay close attention to the last part of James Madison's statement: "Shall not be infringed" regarding the public exercise of religious belief.....government has no business interfering in peaceful exercises of religious belief....but the HHS mandate is a big infringement....forces health care institutions run by religious institutions that have a conscientious moral objection to providing for certain elective procedures (like abortion and provision of contraceptives) to either violate their conscientiously held beliefs or close their doors
but "The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States" by Benjamin F. Morris has over 1,000 pages of research documenting the reality that the moral precepts that form most of the laws that govern civil society in our nation are embodied most fully in the Judeo-Christian faith tradition
it was also meant to convey the sense that we wouldn't go to war against Muslims out of whatever philosophical opposition to their barbaric system of Shariah Law that we might possess alone, but if and only if they begin to threaten us with their barbarism (gee, sounds an awful lot like what's happening in Dearborn, doesn't it?)
and pay close attention to the last part of James Madison's statement: "Shall not be infringed" regarding the public exercise of religious belief.....government has no business interfering in peaceful exercises of religious belief....but the HHS mandate is a big infringement....forces health care institutions run by religious institutions that have a conscientious moral objection to providing for certain elective procedures (like abortion and provision of contraceptives) to either violate their conscientiously held beliefs or close their doors
O'Neill: So, what's your impression of Alar?
Teal'c: That he is concealing something.
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