Separation of Church an State
by Allison
HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal judge has ruled that religion has no place in post offices across the country that are run by churches and other private contractors, citing the separation of church and state in the Constitution.
U.S. District Judge Dominic J. Squatrito, in a case involving a church-run post office in Manchester, ordered the U.S. Postal Service to notify the nearly 5,200 facilities run by contractors that they cannot promote religion through pamphlets, displays or any other materials.
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Constitution, Post office, religion
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April 26th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
It is not the job of the Postal Office to promote religion. It’s their job to receive and deliver the mail. And that’s it. For you to presume otherwise would circumvent the intentions of Benjamin Franklin, who invented the Post Office. The Founders of this country never espoused mixing religion with Federal Jobs. Thomas Jefferson said that we are not a country based upon a particular religion. And, remember Jefferson was our 4th President.
Mel
April 27th, 2007 at 1:06 am
Thanks for your comment, Mel, but I haven’t “presumed” anything–I simply reported the religious news for the day.