Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-athena.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!mit-athena!martillo From: martillo@mit-athena.ARPA (Joaquim Martillo) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.politics,net.legal,net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: religion and public life: texas Message-ID: <235@mit-athena.ARPA> Date: Wed, 8-Aug-84 14:00:43 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-athe.235 Posted: Wed Aug 8 14:00:43 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 02:24:40 EDT References: <950@shark.UUCP>, <955@shark.UUCP> <3753@brl-tgr.ARPA>, <254@fisher.UUCP> Organization: MIT, Project Athena, Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 23 >I do not know if they considered Zoroastrianism, but at least some of >the founding fathers did have the INTENT to protect certain >non-Christian belief systems, particurally Judaism. To assert that the >founding fathers, as a group, wished to guard only Christian belief >systems is erroneous. > David Rubin > {allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david I am not sure David Rubin is correct here. While George Washington seems to have been well disposed toward Jews, I am not sure any of the writers of the constitution ever expressed an intention to protect Judaism. I believe several states did not give Jews voting rights until the early 19th century. Maryland sticks in my mind as the prime offender. Yaqim Martillo An Equal Opportunity Offender