Monday 5 July 2010

American 3rd Party Policies. Religion.

Constitution Party- declares that Article I of the Bill of Rights reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” The Party goes on to state that they are for religious liberty of all people and that there should be a seperation of church and state in the form of no taxation of churches or religious organizations. It goes on to say that organizations should be free to determine its own religious standing, its example being the Boy Scouts of America.

Communist Party-“the Party has its own Religion Commission, which seeks to build positive relations with religious people and communities in the struggle to make life better for working people. Most religious people believe in justice, peace, and respectful relations among the peoples of the world, and many are motivated by their faith to work for those goals.” The Party goes on to say that religion can play an important role in socialist reform because of these similar beliefs and therefore is to be a part of what the Party calls “Bill of Rights Communism.”

Pacifist Party-calls for “Opposition to all forms of racial, sexual, and religious discrimination, and all unjust socio-economic barriers.” Based on its desire to end religious discrimination, the Party appears to be for religious freedom for citizens and for people to be treated as people and not according to their religious beliefs.

Sources: http://www.constitutionparty.com/, http://www.cpusa.org/, http://www.uspacifistparty.org/

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