Indiana's "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" (RFRA)

Indiana's "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" (RFRA)

Indiana's "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" is just one more way religion tries to infiltrate our Government.

Thomas Jefferson said "Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state,' therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society."

I agree, it is essential to keep religion OUT of Our Government. In the USA we have Freedom Of Religion which means that each person can choose IF they want to have a religion or not, and if they do, which one, without fear of discrimination for their choices.

If we were meant to have ONE religion forced on us, we could have stayed in England and still been dictated to by the Church of England. For those who mistakenly want to insist that USA is a "Christian Nation", you need to go back and re-read your history. This law is already a HUGE FAILURE and I predict it will be political suicide for Gov. pence, and deservedly so, because now everyone hates Indiana.

If the churches insist on meddling in politics, they should be TAXED.

I wish our republican friends would be half as eager to pass a JOBS Bill as they are to pass unnecessary religious laws.

A vast MAJORITY of Voters WANT EQUAL Human Rights, Fair Elections, Fair WAGES and Fair TAXES for EVERYONE, Affordable Health Care, Alternative Energy, Wall St. AND Corporate regulation, Student Debt Relief, and End to Wars, or at least reduction in military spending.

WE NEED JOBS but republicans never want to focus on relevant issues that voters want addressed. This is exactly the reason why President Obama was elected TWICE by a HUGE Margin. republicans will never win another national election as long as they continue to focus on what THEY want rather than what voters want.

republicants need to come into the 21st century, and they especially need to STOP trying to prevent anyone from voting. Voting Rights are Civil Rights and are the very fabric of our nation. It is UN-American for ANYONE to try to prevent others from voting.

Freedom of Religion in the United States

The USA was established by people who wanted to escape the oppressiveness and forced religion of the Church of England. Because of that, (and contrary to many popular and limited beliefs),  we do NOT have a "National Religion" in the United States.

The USA is a country in which EVERY U.S. Citizen has the Freedom to CHOOSE whether or not they want to worship, and the right to choose what they believe. NONE of us is bound to any specific religion, and NO ONE has the right to try to force ANY specific religion on other people, because to do so would be to violate the rights of others.

President Obama understands that he is a President of ALL American Citizens, of all races, religions, nationalities, Genders, Ages and also that if he were to prefer any religion over all the others he would NOT be representing ALL the people in this country.

Christianity encompasses less than one third of ALL religions worldwide. IF we were forced to defer to ONE religion, then we would be denying other people of THEIR right to religious freedom, and acting in accord with 17th Century England and the Church of England.

None of us has to agree with any other person's religion but we should respect their right to choose for themselves. NO one else can dictate to any of us what we should believe or whom we should worship. If you would not want other people dictating their religion to you,then don't try to force yours on others.

You don't need to hate other people just because their beliefs differ from yours. In fact, I am appalled at the number of people who claim to be "Christian" but instead of exhibiting the LOVE Of Christ for their fellow man, they HATE them because they are different in some way. This is a huge planet and there is room here for all of us.

I have friends of several different religions (NOT just from different denominations of Christianity) and I have learned much from them. The ONE commonality among the majority of ALL religions on this earth is "The Golden Rule", and most religions believe that we should all treat others as we want to be treated and respect differing beliefs, as long as they don't infringe on our own belief.

Sadly, many people do not know WHAT they believe or WHY they say and think they believe as they do. It is a good idea to study all religions and discover what you innermost belief is, and why you personally believe it, rather than just vaguely adapting to your family or friends' beliefs. 

One cannot honestly defend one's personal religion when they do not know WHAT they believe or WHY they believe it, but each one of us is THE Best person to decide what our own religious belief is, or whether or not we want to believe in any religion at all.  We do NOT want or  "need" our Government to dictate to us WHAT we should believe or what religion we should choose,or even IF we want to "have" a religion.


Everyone should also read  The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/  which reinforces the right of all individuals to have freedom of religion.