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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: religion and public life: texas
Message-ID: <662@opus.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-Aug-84 21:25:19 EDT
Article-I.D.: opus.662
Posted: Wed Aug  1 21:25:19 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 4-Aug-84 03:10:23 EDT
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>The Bill of Rights stipulates that no one's rights shall be
>abridged on account of uncontrollable characteristics or for
>choosing to accept or to reject the tenets of some religion.
>But nowhere is the privilege of holding public office
>identified as a ``right''.

Nor are the following identified, per se, as "rights" in the Bill of
Rights:
	being allowed to have a job
	owning/operating a car
	being allowed to buy food
	...

I think I get the point of the parent article, and I don't think I like it
very much.
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
	...Keep your day job 'til your night job pays.