Klarinet Archive - Posting 000742.txt from 2004/11

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Happy Thanksgiving
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:59:27 -0500


> > > I thought the Pilgrims were thankful to get away from Europe (all the
> wars
> > > and repression) and especially away from England!!??
> > > Abe
> >
> >
> >Abe,
> >
> >And what kind of "repression" would that be?
>
> Religious repression, mostly. They wanted to be free to practice their
> own
> religion and not be forced to belong to the Church of England. It is most
> ironic that the US government today, having abandoned the Constitutional
> provision that it should "make no law regarding the establishment of
> religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" should lately be
> throwing roadblocks in the way of any attempt to publicly acknowledge God
> at all.
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>

And Bill....

Was the religious repression exclusive to England?

Forest Aten

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