The Right to Pursue Happiness

Meaning, you don’t have the right to find it… I was reading Fox News about these Atheists that complain about prayer in (insert anything here). I had to really hand it to the wisdom, and intelligent articulation of some much-overlooked truth in this nation.

The atheists, while they have every right to practice their atheism, they do not have an absolute right not to be exposed to viewpoints they don’t agree with.

I couldn’t say it better myself. Some other quotes used in thearticle that I just love. I will remove any specific references as they are superfluous. Just read between the lines (in this case, literally).

“In America we are free to disagree. We can disagree with (whoever) but we’re not free to ask our government to settle the argument…”

“These atheists who are suing to prevent prayer at (any government function) are showing a fundamental misunderstanding of what the First Amendment is all about. The establishment of religion that is forbidden by the First Amendment means the official declaration of an official national church. It doesn’t mean that public ceremonies can not include prayers or acknowledgement of the existence of God.”

Man. I can’t believe I’m reading common sense in the news media. It’s like amazing.

Asked if prayer is excluded, wouldn’t that mean government is choosing atheists as the winner, Barker replied, “There is a difference between neutrality and hostility. If the government were to invite me as a national atheist leader to get up and give an invocation that curses the name of God and that encourages people to stop believing and stop being so childish and divisive then that would be wrong because the government would be taking a pro-atheist position.”

Which reaffirms one of my closest held mantras. You have the right to pursue happiness. You do not have a fundamental right to expect it.