I have followed the stories of removing the Ten Commandments monument from Everett because it rests on city-owned land. I have listened repeatedly about the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing the separation of church and state. Everyone believes this to mean nothing religious can touch anything owned by the government.
The framers of our Constitution did not elaborate on the separation of church and state. Could this phrase be interpreted to mean that the government should have nothing to do with religion? If this were true, it would mean that the courts could not rule on this issue since they are the state.
The Constitution also promises us the freedom of religion. However, the people who want to remove everything religious from the government probably think that it should be “freedom from religion.”
I say let the monument stay where it is. It is the wonderful freedoms of this country that allow us to have opinions and be able to use our freedom of speech to tell others about them.
I’m tired of people telling my children that they can’t read a Bible at school because of the separation of church and state. I have to be worried about saying anything about God because I may offend someone. I am offended because that means I lose my “freedom of speech and religion.”
Marysville
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