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Re: Moore foolishness than ever
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Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:56:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Laswell wrote:
I take it, from your exegesis of the Amendment, that you'd have no problem with
a state legislature outlawing Christianity, am I correct? Or how about a state
legislature that requires Scientology to be taught at every level of public
education? Neither of these is Congress, so you must support their right to
enact such laws.
This might seem like a red herring, but there's a point: Do you support the
right of the government, outside of Congress, to give official endorsement of a
religion?
> noone has challenged the U.S. Dept. of Treasury for including the phrase "In
> God We Trust" on every piece of U.S. currency, or public schools for having
> students recite the phrase "...one nation, under god..." every morning.
> Well, except the 9th District, but I seriously doubt we should start looking
> to them for profound insight on Constitutional interpretation, given the
> frequency of their rulings being overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
It appears that you're saying no one has objected to these religious
endorsements, except for the people who've objected to these religious
endorsements. Am I correct?
Dave!
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| There's more in here too... It's always about one person or group morally getting over on others. What I mean is that while few would claim that the 10 point memo monument shocks the decency standards of the community, we'd have dozens of people (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Ahem. There is only one item in the Constitution of the United States that has any direct bearing on this as a religious matter, and that's the First Amemdment. To quote the appropriate section: "Congress shall make no law respecting an (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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