Monday, April 2, 2012

Thomas Paine, Catholics, The American Right Wing, and Religious Establishment

"Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly-marked feature of all law-religions, or religions established by law. Take away the law-establishment, and every religion re-assumes its original benignity. In America, a catholic priest is a good citizen, a good character, and a good neighbour; an episcopalian minister is of the same description: and this proceeds independently of the men, from there being no law-establishment in America."

Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, part I.

Thomas Paine replies to Bob Basso

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