Fox News host: Freedom from religion 'not in the Constitution' (www.rawstory.com)

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Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy asserted on Sunday that Americans did not have Constitutional rights preventing religion from being imposed upon them.

During a Fox News Sunday discussion about recent baptisms of students at Auburn University, co-host Pete Hegseth reported that the Freedom From Religion group was behind a lawsuit against the university.

"It's not in the constitution!" Campos-Duffy interrupted.

"As Rachel points out, it's freedom of religion, not freedom from religion," Hegseth agreed. "So they're an anti-faith, anti-Christian group."

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says "that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise," according to the White House website.

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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 points 1 year ago

I really don’t think it says keep your faith to yourself.

Well it does say

Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

And

5“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

But a lot of Christians are not great about it

https://www.biblehub.com/niv/matthew/6.htm

[-] GiantRobotTRex 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah there are several verses (mostly New Testament I think) about sharing one's faith with literally everyone.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 28:19

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Mark 16:15

[-] david@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

This is the kind of thing I was thinking of.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

They're two separate concepts. One is sharing the gospel, basically recruiting. The other is practicing your own faith, which should be done with modesty, in private. We've all seen the people who loudly pray about everything and want to show everyone how godly they are. Jesus said that they've already received their rewards, since their goal is to impress people, not have a relationship with God. God recognizes their falseness.

[-] spaceghoti@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

God recognizes their falseness.

Out of curiosity, how does a figment of people's imagination do that?

[-] david@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

OK, yup. Fair point.

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