>>76
"Agnosticism isn't a stance on religion, it is a stance, an accepting stance, on reality."
Some people simply believe things to be true that have no basis in reality. This is their individual right to do so, so long as they are not harming others.
Also, while the Bill of Rights may not say this in the first amendment, the freedom of religion/belief (or lack of belief, or anything in between for that matter) is likely what was MEANT by the founders, regardless of whether or not it is there on paper.
Of course, then we have amendments 9 & 10 to consider, aside from the 1st amendment.
Amendment 1:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion'
So Xel claims that agnosticism isn't a religion, and that the government can thus establish it as our official national stand.
The spirit and meaning of the 1st amendment is clearly to keep the government out of this issue, and to prevent it from taking a particular position on it.
Amendment 9:
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Amendment 10:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
The powers not granted to the United States government by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Show me where, in the Constitution, it specifically says that the government has the authority to establish a national or official stand on whether or not god exists, which god exists, maybe exists, or doesn't exist.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/billeng.htm
Taking all of this into consideration, I would say it is obviously clear that Xel's suggestion would violate the core values of the Bill of Rights & Constitution - the very foundation of american liberty.