 | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Bruce Schlickbernd
| | | (...) You seem to be arguing that there shouldn't be a separation between church and state, the same thing these 'founding father' seemed wary of. (...) Deists come *awfully* darn close, in function if not appearance. (...) I've always called the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | |  | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. John Neal
| | | | | (...) What I'm arguing is that the FF used religious language pretty freely (non-specific to be sure). Of course they didn't want a state-sponsored religion, but at the same time they recognized the importance of religion to the people. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | | | | | |  | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Bruce Schlickbernd
| | | | | (...) This is a perfectly valid observation. Certainly there are those that feel the 9th Circuit Court's ruling will be struck down along those lines - the "liberal" Los Angeles Times entitled it's editorial on the subject "A Godforsaken Ruling" and (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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