So what do you think? Should a private business be allowed to reference Bible passages in the serial numbers on the items it produces? And if the government contracts that business, do their rights go out the window? As if MI isn't troubled enough with it's economic condition, Trijicon in Wixon, MI is under fire for just that. It's been part of their business practice for years, but now people want them punished for it.
Before forming your opinion, read the first Amendment and study it for a while:
Ratified on Dec. 15, 1791
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the govenment for a redress of grievances.
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They should not be allowed to put it on the scopes that they sell to the government. True, the government has contracted with a private company to supply equipment, but as soon as the government sends these out and supplying the military with them, they are establishing religion - the soldiers do not get a choice, it is what they are issued. The government cannot stop the company from imprinting these on the ones they sell commercially.
ReplyDeletePlease don't respond with the Bible is the foundation for how our country started-that is hogwash. It was more about money. I would bet that if our country went back to the puritanical days, almost all people who worship as we do would be banished for heresy to some other continent.
I was listening to a discussion about this on another radio station yesterday. For years no one even noticed it in the serial number. I believe that if the company wants the government's business then they should change their serial numbers so that they do not reference Bible verses. However they should not be punished for the ones that have already been bought. The government should inspect what they are buying if they are going to be so picky about it. There is no law against what that company did.
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