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03 Dec 2005 07:02:42 AM |
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Bush vs. Religious Freedom |
Bush vs. Religious Freedom
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/2298/1/133/
[excerpt]
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
The Bush administration is using the IRS in an apparent attempt to punish
its critics and reward its friends. President Bush has proven himself a
friend of some religious organizations, generously doling out billions of
US taxpayer dollars to them each year in violation of the Constitutional
injunction against doing so. Bush, after threatening and cajoling, is now
poised to punish those religious groups that have criticized his policies.
According to the Washington Post, the Internal Revenue Service is reviewing
the tax-exempt status of All Saints Church (Episcopal) in Pasadena,
California because its former pastor delivered an antiwar sermon that
directly criticized Bush before the 2004 election.
The sermon in question argued that war was contrary to the teachings of
Jesus, but was prefaced by the pastor's refusal to tell his congregation
how to vote, falling within the legal parameters of federal regulations
that prevent non-profits from endorsing political candidate
.... providing protection for friendly religious non-profits that openly
reject the Constitutional mandate of the separation of church and state,
and openly flout ...
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Posting and reading from alt.politics.usa.constitution OR alt.education
You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the U.S. and a couple from overseas as well]
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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| User: "fred" |
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| Title: Re: Bush vs. Religious Freedom; unsubstatiated anti-religious expression assertions |
03 Dec 2005 12:57:29 PM |
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alt.education removed.
buckeye-ELO@nospam.net wrote:
Bush vs. Religious Freedom
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/2298/1/133/
[excerpt]
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
The Bush administration is using the IRS in an apparent attempt to punish
its critics and reward its friends. President Bush has proven himself a
friend of some religious organizations, generously doling out billions of
US taxpayer dollars to them each year in violation of the Constitutional
injunction against doing so. Bush, after threatening and cajoling, is now
poised to punish those religious groups that have criticized his policies.
Above we have an assertion concerning billions of dollars in violation
of some unspecified constitutional injunction but not one example to
substantiate it.
According to the Washington Post, the Internal Revenue Service is reviewing
the tax-exempt status of All Saints Church (Episcopal) in Pasadena,
California because its former pastor delivered an antiwar sermon that
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