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From: martillo@mit-athena.ARPA (Joaquim Martillo)
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Subject: Re: religion and public life: texas
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Date: Wed, 8-Aug-84 14:00:43 EDT
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>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