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This is brought to you by those who feel we should believe in nothing, have no responsibilities for anything because something else caused it, want no risk in life, and absolutely abhor the fact that others might and seem to be enjoying life.
 
The Appeals Court misinterpreted the Constitution. Seperation of Church and State has nothing to do with the use of the word God. Its intention was to prevent any church from controlling the President or other government officials.

In context, Englands Kings and Queens answered to the Catholic church until Henry VIII seperated and created his own church. Under both the Catholic and the King's church the people where required to worship only in the one church. I'm not totally sure it was Henry the VIII, but that isn't the core of my arguement so I'll move on.

The point is, our Founding Fathers wrote the Seperation of Church and State portion of the Constitution in the context that they did not want a church controlling their government or the government controlling the church. The religous persicution that results is what lead to the Pilgrams fleeing England for "The New World."

You could argue that the latest Appeals Court ruling and the ban on prayer in schools are booth violations of the intent of Seperation of Church and State.
 
This is just another example of the liberal judiciary trying to undermine our culture. If you can take religion out of public places, the only thing that becomes acceptable is worship of the state. Worship of the state is one of the attributes of a Communist/Socialist/Totalitarian government.

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide. -- John Adams

Oh well
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There has not been a stable government in this planet's history.

However, I can disagree with any branch of the current government without being hauled off in the middle of the night in a little black car to never be seen again.

"On the other hand, gentleman, what if we gave a war and EVERYONE came?" -- Far Side

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein
 
"...the Seperation of Church and State portion of the Constitution..."

ksu_aviator,

Even though it appears that you and I agree that the 9th District has its' collective heads up their behinds you are inadvertantly perpetuating a myth with the above statement. The Constitution does not mention the 'separation of church and state' anywhere in it's text. That's a misunderstanding that won't seem to die. I believe Jefferson mentioned that phrase in his personal writings and it may be in the Federalist Papers but it isn't in the Constitution. Some historians lurking out there can correct me on its' original source but I'm absolutely positive that the phrase 'separation of church and state' is NOT in the Consitution.

In a further irony the US Supreme Court today ruled 5-4 that school voucher programs that allow money to be spent in parochial schools IS constitutional. Score one for the good guys.

Regards,

Caveman
 
You seem like a fairly enlightened "Caveman" to me!!!!

Here is the text of the first ammendmant, doesn't say a thing about seperation of church and state.

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
 
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Thanks, chawbein. That is where the often mentioned "establishment clause" lives. As you can see, it is quite a stretch to infer that allowing a prayer at a school football game is the equivalent of congress passing a law that makes official any particular religion. In fact, quite the opposite is true. The first amendment guarantees our ability to worship. With the voucher ruling, the court has reaffirmed the right of the people to choose a school where they will use their voucher. ANY school.

The first mention of the separation of church and state is in a letter that Jefferson wrote to a group of Massachusetts Baptists when he was president. There is no constitutional provision for this concept. It is a good example that a lie, when repeated often enough, becomes treated as the truth. I believe he wanted to avoid a situation such as occured in France under Cardinal Richeliue (sp), where the country was ruled by a church "official".

>>Just because I (and others) don't believe in some omnipotent being does not mean I want 12 year olds getting secret abortions. Oh, and I'm a Libertarian that is anti-abortion AND pro-choice. Thanks for the label though.

In fact, much of the anti-prayer in school and the pro choice movement comes from the left, and not the Libertarian party. Why won't the Libertarians defend the rights of the smallest and weakest?

The left wants to be the "god" of the masses, bestowing rights and benefits as a benevolent mother. They want you to believe in the power of a central government, not a creator. They most certainly want to take the place of a parent in the lives of children by means of their "home", the public school.

The phrase "..one nation, under God" is an affirmation of the beginning of America in the hearts and minds of the founding fathers, and of the generations that followed them. In the second paragraph of the Declarartion of Independence, we see that "...all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,...".

This is what you can call a "foundational belief".

As our country faces continued attack, we can say as a free people, God Bless America.
 
Calm down!

Let it go people, the very same judge who put out this ruling yesterday put his decision on "hold" earlier today. Once he saw he pissed off the entire nation, he'll eventually overturn humself. And it'll be like this never happened. So everybody chill out.
 
No we shouldn't chill out. When a court decision like this is made and tries to take away freedoms that are rightfully our, we do need to stand up and be heard. Does this anger many, you bet, and it should. If the nation heeded your advice to chill out, by your very words, which you stated this judge put his decision on "halt" because of the digust of this nation, this judge would have not made this decision today. He made this decision to halt because we DID shout our disapproval. Good for those that are not afraid to stand up for what is right. Now is not the time to chill out.
 

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