"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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Brian Burger wrote:

They aren't mutually exclusive, the larger one (freedom of...) should
automatically include the detailed one (freedom from...).

Of course. The set of subsets of any set includes the empty set.

The problem is that C.J. Campbell believes that "freedom from" implies
that
religion is kept away. Others on this thread apparently read this as
"freedom from imposition of".

I would say that the remarks of many here would support my thesis that they
believe that religion should be suppressed from public view entirely.
Freedom of religion means anyone can worship anywhere at any time, even if
they are a public official. You should not lose your civil rights just
because you became a government employee.

This thread reminds of a joke over on a humor news group:

Can you imagine what would have happened if Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie
had children? Jackson is a Jehovah's Witness. Lisa Marie is an agnostic.
Their kids would have gone around knocking on doors for no reason
whatsoever.