And, in another place in the

same 134th section, the following: "We do not believe it just to

mingle religious influence with civil government, whereby one religious

society is fostered and another proscribed in its spiritual privileges,

and the individual rights of its members, as citizens, denied."

We believe that all religious

societies have a right to deal with their members for disorderly conduct,

according to the rules and regulations of such societies; provided that

such dealings be for fellowship and good standing; but we do not believe

that any religious society has authority to try men on the right of property

or life, to take from them this world's goods, or to put them in jeopardy

of either life or limb, or to inflict any physical punishment upon them.

They can only excommunicate them from their society, and withdraw from

them their fellowship.

More than anything else, we

want to live peaceably with all others and practice such Christian virtues

as to love our neighbors and help those who are in need of our help and

assistance.

We do hold strong feelings

about upholding moral standards and when those standards are threatened

to oppose threats to these standards.

Thanks for listening and for

your positive article. I have a sincere interest in the South as I spent

two years as a missionary in Georgia and South Carolina. I was also recently

an Olympic volunteer and enjoyed very much the privilege that Georgians

also had to host the world for the Olympic games.

Don Findlay

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