A Quick Aside About Politics

The Constitution isn't the Bible.

Please, those of you in America, preach this every day of your lives. The Constitution was written by a body that included Christians, Diests, Agnostics, and Athiests. It was written to be irrespective of religion, if not fully areligious. It is not immutable, it is not enshrined by the Law of Moses as a divine authority, and the United States is not, and was never intended to be, a Christian nation. Our founding fathers made this very, very clear over and over again during the formation of our nation.

Please, please remind people that the Constitution isn't the Bible. Please, please remind people that our greatest thinkers saw God as a part of the problem in England's political system and political environment. Please, please remind people that, in 1796, our Congress unanimously approved the Treaty of Tripoli (or, longer, "The Treaty of Peace and Freandship between the United States and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary");

"Article 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

We're not a Christian nation. We're an independent nation of thought, reason, and logic. We were created to be the ultimate ideal of a secular host, one that draws its strength not from the powers of God, but the powers of men. One founded by the people, for the people; not founded by the grace of God for those of His "chosen faith".

The Magus