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I don't have a problem with the seperation between church and state but this BS with the Boy Scouts is out of control. How is interacting with a group like the Boy Socuts violating anyones first amendment rights. Its not like they are telling Muslin troops that they have support them.
Why are the boy scouts bad yet Congress has a Chaplin and each session is opened with a prayer? Why are elected and appointed officials sworn in while holding a bible? I would be the first person to say something if the government tired to prevent anyone from practicing their religion but why do we have to act as if religion doesn't exsist in society? Why can't the government acknowledge religion or religious groups and the good work they do without the ACLU having a heart attack?
And while I am on the subject being an atheist is not a religion. I get a little sick of atheists and agnostics claiming that their 1st amendment rights are trampled when the pledge is recited in schools. Why can you claim religious persecution if you don't believe in god or formal religion? Of all the very real issues the ACLU can chose to do something about they seem to pick the ones that have very little if any impact on our rights.
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