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Well now, that depends on whether you have a "GOD, GUTS and GUNS" bumper sticker doesn't it?Does this have anything to do with firearm laws/politics or second amendment politics?
Why is it that if someone mentions God, people who apparently don't believe in God freaks out. But you can talk about Darwin and that religion all day. None of those statements were about religion. Just that some of us believe in Guns and God. And our hope that God will protect our GOD GIVEN RIGHTS that were written in the US CONSTITUTION.
A document, interestingly enough, that does not mention God even once.
The Treaty of Tripoli
Main article: Treaty of Tripoli
In 1797, the United States Senate ratified a treaty with Tripoli that stated in Article 11:
As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; ...[29]
Supporters of the separation of church and state believe this article confirms that the government of the United States was specifically intended to be religiously neutral. Drafted by George Washington's administration with Thomas Jefferson's help, they claim it becomes, with the Constitution, "the supreme Law of the Land" -- as Article VI-2. of the US Constitution says it must.
Sure, but you referred to the Constitution - a document that was written a decade after the Declaration of Independence.
Anyway, I have no problem with the inclusion of God in public discourse. I have a big problem with anybody who insists that the United States is a Christian nation or that Christianity should enjoy some sort of favored status here.
We believe in Jesus Christ, that he is the Son of God, that he died for our sins. But you don't believe, it's ok with me.