Separation of Church and State for Dummies
1 – It is legal in America for anyone to eat pork.
2 – The Jewish religion is against Jewish people eating pork.
3 – They cannot (and do not) demand that the rest of America not eat pork either. It is their personal religious belief (a moral judgment).
4 – It is legal (for now) in America for any woman to have an abortion.
5 – The Christian religion is against abortion (another moral judgment).
6 – They cannot (but do) demand that the rest of America be against abortion too, even though it is their own personal religious belief.
America is not ruled by ANYONE’s religious beliefs. America is ruled by laws (government), not by sins (religion). If your religion says not to eat pork, don’t eat it. If your religion says not to have an abortion, don’t have one. But DO NOT INFLICT YOUR PERSONAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS on the rest of America.
MORAL JUDGEMENTS ARE NOT LEGAL JUDGEMENTS.
That is NOT what our founders had in mind for America.
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Michael headed out Thursday morning (5/5) for ALDI’s, Harris Teeter, the liberry and Ivy Place (for strawberries). I headed downstairs to pay some bills and do some other paperwork. Quilting was cancelled today because several people who host our meetings were exposed to COVID, and they are erring on the side of caution. Even though I hate to miss quilting, I am grateful that they are being careful about my health!
And I got a quick picture from Pat W.....out hiking the Grand Canyon with her duaghter and BFF, when 2 friends from Arizona drove on up:
- from the left:Pat, Andie, Nancy, Jan and Arizona Mary
I spent the rest of the day loading up a customer quilt…I think she spends almost as much time sewing the back:
as she does the front:
I spent the afternoon quilting, while watching DOC MARTIN from the very first season. It’s on FILMRISE television and there are commercials that you can’t fast forward through, but I don’t care! You know what they say…..TV like you grew up watching! I think Darlene picked the PERFECT quilt design:
Doug (Paula's hubby) brought us a rotisserie chicken around 3 PM, so we had dinner then, and just had tossed salads at 7.
And now, a public service announcement…..I’ve been having problems with my cell phone….it would give me the noise that I had just received a text, but when I checked it, there was no new text there. Finally (thanks to Paula) I found out that someone really was sending me a text…but I didn’t get it. So, if I haven’t responded to you in the last 2 – 3 weeks when you've texted me…that’s why. I’m getting an update on my phone and I’m hoping that that will resolve the problem, but know that if I don’t respond….I probably didn’t get it :~(.
*** I’m in shape….unfortunately that shape is a potato. ***
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