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Beers with our Founding Fathers

please accept the generalities for the purposes herein. When

Martin Luther posted his thesis on the local Catholic Church, this
was a significant event that led to his excommunication and his

followers to leave the Catholic Church in protest. Just as the Church
of England was established from conflict with the Catholic Church

(though a more personal and royal conflict), so too was the
Protestant. In the subsequent history, protestants were persecuted

(and prosecuted), denied rights and began migrating throughout
Europe. In England, under their English Bill of Rights of 1689,

several rights were restored to the Protestants, bringing the equal to
Catholics. This would also be a basis for Freedom of Religion in the

new Bill of Rights.
Our Country was a melting pot – presently it is just melting. It

grew from settlers of the early 1600’s, and the first permanent
settlement of 1621, to practice Christianity. I submit, regardless of

your faith and spirituality (everyone has these, except sociopaths),
our Country would not be here today was it not for these settlers.

Our Country grew based on the Judeo-Christian faith and principles.
We were the first country to not have rules of religion in concert

with the law of the land. The people could not be oppressed
because of their beliefs, lack of, or non-compliance. Somehow, this

critical part of our sacred and unalienable birthrights has been
adulterated to include displays celebrating what gave our settlers,

colonists, revolutionaries and Founding Fathers strength cannot be

on public property or in schools – our property. Nonsense. Who
has opposed Thanksgiving, patriotic religious holiday? Who has
opposed Easter, religious holiday? Who has opposed Hanukkah or

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