I cannot believe that this discussion board, Lugnet, has become an place for antidisestablishmenttarians to comment on what is going on in other people's countries, and describe their mental high on an issue that is controversial. We talk about Lego (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
(...) It seems to have annoyed Senator Robert Byrd of W. Va... (I saw him on a clip that CNN showed storming around the senate almost at a loss for words in annoyance at "that stupid judge" missing the point of course that it was a panel of 3 judges (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
(...) I'm delighted too for now, but isn't this a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the more liberal bodies? I assume it will be sent up to the U.S. Supreme Court for their decision-- and I bet we won't be so delighted then. BTW (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
(...) I was always very confused by this when I was at school in the US. My US Government class made a big deal of the 'separation of church and state', yet we (well not me obviously, though I did stand for it) were expected to recite the pledge (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
(...) Here are a few other gems from (URL) Sen. Kit Bond, R-Missouri, was one of many lawmakers who immediately reacted in anger and shock to the ruling. "Our Founding Fathers must be spinning in their graves. This is the worst kind of political (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
(...) I'm confused by it. Before we get into why, I want to state clearly that I oppose the practice of reciting the PoA in schools with every ounce of my being -- but not particularly because of the God thing. Such childhood political (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
(...) Here's another encouraging bit of religious tolerance: Newdow said that since the ruling he has received death threats, including one left on his answering machine that said, "You're a dead man walking." Newdow said he has received a flood of (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
(...) LOL Hope you enjoyed it while it lasted. Seems the old coot who wrote the decision has already recanted. What a quack. -John (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
