Showing posts with label religious freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religious freedom. Show all posts

Friday, September 10, 2010

In honor of 9/11

Today I think it's important to remind ourselves that we live in a country that guarantees freedom of religion and that our forefathers came here principally to exercise that freedom along with many others.

I wanted to post the Declaration of Independence on parchment paper which I bought back in the 60s but I couldn't figure out a way to fit it on my scanner. But I could fit Lincoln's Gettysburg Address so I posted it. It is part of 4 documents of freedom and is considered an authenticated reproduction and printed on antiqued parchment.



While I feel for all the families who lost members on 9/11 (my husband was there on that day and was lucky to get out alive), I think it's necessary to remind everyone about religious tolerance.

As the President said, if they were going to build a Christian church near Ground Zero or a synagogue, would you say No to it?

Lincoln believed that ALL the people of the United States are entitled to ALL the freedoms stated in the Declaration of Independence.