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Texas Baptist Forum_110104
Posted: 10/29/04
Hostility toward religion
Perhaps the reason so many Americans believe that church-state separation has become “too severe” (Oct. 4) is that it has become an excuse for government-sponsored hostility toward religious expression, in spite of constitutional protections.
E-mail the editor at –Marv Knox
E-mail the editor at marvknox@baptiststandard.comThomas Jefferson's famous “wall” represented his own opinion in 1802. The Supreme Court did not use Jefferson's phrase in reference to the First Amendment until 1879, and it was not elevated to constitutional authority until 1947. Since then, it has been used as the basis for government-sponsored hostility toward religion, religious expression and religious practice.
I'm not advocating a return to the excesses of the 17th and 18th centuries, against which the framers of the Constitution wrote the First Amendment. I just want an end to the overt hostility that our governments at all levels frequently demonstrate toward what has become the unwanted stepchild of civil rights–freedom of religion.
10/29/2004 - By John Rutledge
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Speakers sound alarm Respond to needs of changing world_110104
Posted: 10/29/04
Jerry Dailey, pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church in San Antonio, emphasizes the vital importance of cooperation and diversity in missions. (Russ Dilday Photo) Speakers sound alarm: Respond to needs of changing world
By Marv Knox
Editor
SAN ANTONIO–Christians need to ask, “So what?” to determine how they should love and engage the world, Albert Reyes told participants at the We Love Missions Conference in San Antonio.
10/29/2004 - By John Rutledge
Lloyd Christensen to First Church in Quinlan as pastor. 
