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Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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Thu, 27 Jun 2002 16:01:57 GMT
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Well, I won't go around telling you what to do -- but I disagreed strongly
with most of that on a personal level.
The separation of church and state should mean that everyone's religious
beliefs are respected and that there is no official state endorsement of any
single faith or even any kind of faith at all.
As Dave! points out elsewhere, even oaths of office don't ideally or
officially include mention of god. When Thomas Jefferson referred to
"Nature" or "Nature's God" in the Declaration it was pretty well understood
to be used as a rhetorical device -- a political expedient.
In case no one has noticed, people are always using the idea of God to
justify all kinds of things good and bad -- and it don't mean ****.
-- Hop-Frog
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