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Americans United and the Left...
What They Say vs. What They Mean On Religious Liberty in America
(CHART #4)
What they say:
_Religious liberty is about creating religious equality_.
What it means:
For AU and their allies on the Left, religious liberty is about the
elevation of all religions and "all sincerely held religious beliefs" to
equal standing before government and eventually before society.
What they say:
_Religious liberty is about creating a society where full freedom of
conscience and full freedom of expression flourish_.
What it means:
Freedom of conscience and freedom of expression are the two
inseparable components of religious liberty according to AU and the
Left. One AU trustee notes that: "freedom of expression as required by
freedom of conscience...[is] as a whole piece of cloth, a seamless
garment."
The same AU trustee, describing well the sentiments of the Left
writes: "Full freedom of conscience is essential to the search for
truth. There can be no government thought control." He further notes:
"Freedom of conscience requires that government stay out of religious
affairs totally and completely."
It is here that AU and company justify homosexual behavior and a
woman's right to choose an abortion as religious liberty issues. If a
person's "religious beliefs" allow for homosexual behavior or the
aborting of their unborn children, then religious liberty demands that
government accommodate their religious convictions.
What they say:
_Religious liberty is about creating a society free from religious
intolerance_.
What it means:
According to AU: "Religious intolerance remains an alarming part of
our national life." "Creedal religion," which takes serious the Word of
God and the biblical mandate to be "salt and light," is identified as
the primary source of religious intolerance in America (See chart #5 --
Creedal Religion). Such religious people -- referred to by AU as the
Religious Right -- are "dangerous" because such people refuse to accept
sinful behavior as socially acceptable.
According to AU, "the Religious Right must be stopped." AU's Rob
Boston notes: "the Religious Right can be stopped only if more Americans
understand that the movement is a serious threat to our freedoms."
Thus, according to AU, religious intolerance is the failure to accept
the "sincerely held religious beliefs" of others, no matter how depraved
or offensive the expression of those beliefs may be.
What they say:
_Religious liberty is about creating a social atmosphere where
non-traditional religious expression is free from social
condemnation and government restriction_.
What it means:
In a 1992 AU editorial, the group noted: "In a diverse nation, our
unity must center on the concept of religious liberty -- that is, the
right of all persons to practice their own faith without civil penalty."
While this sounds eutopian, AU is actually calling for our national
unity to be based upon every man doing what seems right in his own eyes.
AU -- and their allies on the Left -- want the "religious expression"
of moral and social depravity to be free not only from government
restriction but from social condemnation as well.
AU knows that wickedness can only appear in the fullness of its
wickedness when measured by the truth it violates. But AU rejects the
notion that Truth is knowable or absolute. Thus, at the heart of AU's
activities has been their efforts to eliminate the use of the Bible as
America's standard for measuring good and evil, both within the
legislative and educational process.
Only where truth is knowable and absolute can sin be identified. But
in the absence of an authoritative source for determining good and evil,
what shall guide a society and keep it from eventual self-destruction?
Where the social perception of sin continues to decrease, the perceived
need of repentance follows. In such a society, the acknowledgment and
repentance of sin are replaced with tolerance of evil and wickedness.
From: St. Louis MetroVoice, May 1995, Vol. 5, No. 5.