I don't give a rip if religious zealots want to sign up to go play Crusader in the Middle East. Anyone's personal motivation or belief is theirs and theirs alone. But here you have the federal government using tax dollars collected from all of us, Christian and otherwise, to promote a particular religion. I think that crossed the line. If this company wanted to make the religious rifle sights and send them for free to troops who requested them, or paid for by the soldier or his family, then tax dollars, and hence the government, would no longer be directly involved. My opinion of the idea would be the same, but I would no longer be paying for it, so, no problem. Seems almost identical to Christians saying that abortion shouldn't be paid for with their tax dollars.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..."
Appropriating federal funds that promote a specific religion seems like an obvious breach of this amendment. I think the twisting of this amendment is what is done by those who try to say that this amendment somehow approves of state sponsored religion. Worship however you want, just keep the government out of religion, and religion out of government. Seems simple enough.
And saying that anyone who disagrees is somehow a "panty-wetter" is pretty ridiculous. It sort of sounds like the kind of thing you might hear a fifth grader say. By no reasonable definition do I qualify as a "panty-wetter". I just happen to be in agreement with the US Constitution that the government has no business promoting one religion over another, just like it was written down and signed to by the founding fathers, who were, in part, fleeing an oppressive government that promoted one, state-sponsored religion, and persecuted all others.
Certainly everyone is free to disagree with any part of the Constitution they have a beef with, but don't bother trying to convince me that this:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..."
actually means this:
"Congress shall not interfere with the establishment of the Christian faith as the de-facto official religion of the United States..."
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This will be my last post on this thread. I've broken my own hard and fast rule of only posting comments in the technical or commerce portions of these forums. I love fishing, hunting, guns, my diesel truck, boating etc. But I know that almost no one who shares these interests shares any of my beliefs about politics or religion, and rarely do people respect an opinion that is not their own. I've said my piece, and I'm going to shut up about it now, before people start gathering outside my house with torches and pitchforks...
