Declaration Of Rights Of Epicureans To Freedom of Religion – Cassius’ Declaration of August 20, 2021
WHEREAS August 20, 2021, is as good a day as any other to make this declaration; and
WHEREAS it is a better day than most others of any month, because the Twentieth was designated by Epicurus himself as a special day of commemoration; and
WHEREAS it is in the world today a valuable right of the citizens of many nations to claim protected freedoms of conscience and action and other civic rights associated with the right to “freedom of religion” that many today find essential to the protection of their livelihoods and even their lives;
BE IT THEREFORE KNOWN THAT:
(1) Epicurus was the founder of one of the oldest and most respected systems of religious viewpoint as to the nature and existence of Divinity in the history of Western Civilization; and
(2) That those who follow the teachings of Epicurus hold, as much or more than those members of any group recognized as a religion, a distinct and sincerely-held religious viewpoint;
THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT:
Those who call themselves “Epicurean” are members of a religious tradition that deserves to hold and does hold the same legal rights and privileges as those of any religion recognized by the Constitution of the United States, by the Constitution of any State of the United States, or by the governing documents of any nation or organization of any nation or civilization on Planet Earth or on any other Planet or location elsewhere in the universe.
Cassius Amicus