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THE CORRELLIAN MANIFESTO
The Correllian Manifesto was
adopted by the Correllian Council of Elders in 1579 Pisces
(1979 AD). In
the course of the decades which have since passed the Manifesto has been
modified slightly to follow the times and to make its contents more
universal, however, with
the exception of just a few words, the document
is unchanged from its original content.
The Correllian Manifesto We, the
undersigned, hold the following rights to be absolute and unabridgeable:
1) The right to freedom of
religion, religious theology, expression and practice.
2) The absolute right of free
speech.
3) The right of free association
for all people.
4) The right to be treated equally
regardless of religion, race, reputation, or other individual distinctions
before the law and public.
5) The right to freedom of
personal mores, so long as these harm none –that harm is concrete, and
does not extend to disagreement with prevailing morals/opinions.
6) The unquestionable and absolute
right to freedom of thought and ideas, and the exchange of ideas
regardless of any particulars whatsoever.
7) The need for law and the
necessity of government
- That said, government must not
be biased so that some citizens are elevated, others denigrated.
- That this is especially true in
regards to religion and personal belief.
- That no religion may use the
state or law, established for the good of all, to enforce its own
beliefs.
- That neither race, sex, sexual
mores, theology, ideology, cultural background, personal reputation,
ancestry, or other distinguishing characteristics are in any way excuse
for governmental bias towards citizens: neither personal past, family
past, or the past actions of ones associates: none of this is reason for
the government to judge an individual.
8) The right to freedom of
conscience, not under any circumstances to be impinged by the state.
9) The absolute right to freedom
of personal mores.
- That no religious or
philosophical point of view has the right to use the state to force
others to
- abandon their own religion or
philosophy.
- That the state must be
absolutely impartial in its treatment of religious and philosophical
differences
- among the people, protecting
the rights of all, not merely the culturally dominant.
10) That censorship is an
aberration not to be tolerated within the bounds of civilized society.
- That all people are entitled to
the free exchange, both public and private, of ideas, whether they
conform to the standards of others or not, and that to use law to
suppress ideas or the free and proper expression of those ideas, is
immoral and unacceptable.
- That society may have the right
to concern itself with the public (i.e.: on the street or public-owned
buildings) display of certain extreme materials, but that no one is
entitled to interfere with an individuals right to knowledge and
experience, free speech and free association, so long as it is a private
and consensual individual matter and does no harm to any other.
- That disagreeing with someone,
or provoking doubt or reflection in that one, on matters of religious or
theological dispute are not harm and cannot be considered so.
11) That laws regarding the family
must not be based solely upon the values of one religion, to the
denigration of others –specifically divorce, adoption, attempts to
suppress the matriarchal family, attempts to use law to separate or
destroy non-Judeo-Christian-Muslim families, the use by the state of child
custody as a threat.
- That the state has no right to
separate children from their parents solely because of the parents
religious or moral beliefs, and that said practice is immoral,
reprehensible, and utterly condemned by the undersigned.
- That the only reasonable cause
to so remove children from their families is concrete abuse –not so -
called “abuses” dealing with the above stated religious, moral, or
social opinions of the parents.
12) That the individual has the
right to choose or refuse medical treatment according to his or her views,
opinions, and desires, specifically in pregnancy and terminal illness.
That the individual alone knows what is best in such situations and that
no second party has any right or reason what so ever to attempt to compel
such persons to follow another path, and that persons –specifically
medical and legal personnel- who do not respect this right are guilty of
extreme disservice and abuse of the concerned individual.
13) That no individual has the
right to force his or her views on an unwilling other for any reason or
under any circumstance whatsoever.
- That no religious or political
group has any right to do so either.
- Specifically to use the law or
the engines of the state to enforce their view.
- Particularly regarding religion
or personal morality.
- That to do so is immoral and
impious: that each individual has the right to be free from such force.
- That this tendency alone is the
single greatest cause of bloodshed, oppression, and intolerance in all
mans history, as well as the greatest cause of cultural decline.
- That attempts to use law or
pressure to force an unwanted view upon another must not be permitted.
14) That all people must be
committed to ensuring the freedom of all, rather than trying to force
their own view on others.
- That all people must commit
themselves to the responsible use of the rights and privileges or
citizenship, and must not allow them to erode or vanish or be misused
unopposed.
15) That to ignore these rights
will surely lead to social disintegration, violence, and oppression by the
strongest.
- That to protect and pursue
these rights will ensure the future of all and the free and peaceful
exchange of ideas and love among divergent groups.
16) That no individual should
permit his or her rights and beliefs to be trampled upon, nor the rights
and beliefs of others, but should defend these rights and beliefs.
- That safety lies in darkness,
but none should have to seek protection through anonymity or secrecy
because he or she seeks to exercise these rights, specifically religious
rights.
- That individuals and families
have the right to follow their own beliefs and practices, so long as
they harm no one, free from harassment from those who disagree. That
people should not have to fear for themselves or their families, nor
risk dissolution of their families, because of the intolerance of others
in religious, philosophical, or moral matters.
17) That those who seek to thus
oppress others must not be allowed to do so unopposed.
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