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Religions > Atheism |
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"Mr. Thorne" |
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26 Feb 2005 07:34:16 PM |
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As It Should Be -- A State-Sanctified Church |
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court hears the case of McCreary County v. ACLU, a
case about the Ten Commandments posted in a county courthouse. While the
focus is on the outcome of the case, the real action is occurring in slow
motion (for now).
In the next few years, President Bush is expected to be able to nominate as
many as three new justices of the Supreme Court.
The result could be that Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia move away from
the fringe of the courtıs reasoning, to the center of it. In time, they
could become the voice of the court, particularly when it comes to
Establishment Clause cases like McCreary.
Take a peek into the future. Hereıs the link to it:
http://www.misterthorne.org/ESSAYS/as_it_should_be.htm
Enjoy!
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: As It Should Be -- A State-Sanctified Church |
26 Feb 2005 10:20:16 PM |
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 01:34:16 GMT, "Mr. Thorne"
<mister.thorne@sbcglobal.net> said in alt.atheism:
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court hears the case of McCreary County v. ACLU, a
case about the Ten Commandments posted in a county courthouse. While the
focus is on the outcome of the case, the real action is occurring in slow
motion (for now).
In the next few years, President Bush is expected to be able to nominate as
many as three new justices of the Supreme Court.
The result could be that Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia move away from
the fringe of the courtıs reasoning, to the center of it. In time, they
could become the voice of the court, particularly when it comes to
Establishment Clause cases like McCreary.
Many presidents have appointed justices who were on the fringe, only
to have them vote on the other fringe. Lifetime appointments do funny
things to a person.
--
rukbat at verizon dot net
"Given that you exist and that you are aware of your situation and
surroundings, you will find yourself in a place which has conditions
exactly suitable to your being there. If the environment was
hostile or incompatible in some important way then you would not be
there in the first place. Therefore the suitability and seeming
perfection of your universe cannot be taken as evidence of anything
more than your existence in it."
- Edward Warren, "The naturalistic fallacy"
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: As It Should Be -- A State-Sanctified Church |
26 Feb 2005 10:24:10 PM |
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 01:34:16 GMT, "Mr. Thorne"
<mister.thorne@sbcglobal.net> said in alt.atheism:
http://www.misterthorne.org/ESSAYS/as_it_should_be.htm
"As Rutherford sees it, the real purpose of the Establishment Clause
is to protect the right of each state to regulate religion, or to
establish an official church, if thats what the people want."
So if, say, California made religion illegal, Christians would have
nothing to complain about, right?
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rukbat at verizon dot net
"Speculating on the possible reaction to evidence is no excuse for
failing to produce the evidence."
- Wayne M. Del
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