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22 Jan 2007 04:14:14 AM |
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Everson, the war against continues |
Troup chief deserves praise
http://www.jacksonvilleprogress.com/religion/local_story_019134418.html?keyword=topstory
[excerpt]
Published: January 19, 2007 01:44 pm
Troup chief deserves praise
As reported in last Friday’s religion section, Troup Police Chief Pat
Hendrix, since he became chief last May, has allowed his officers to attend
Sunday morning church services, even while on duty. It has been suggested
to me that this practice violates the First Amendment of the Constitution
and the much-vaunted idea of separation of church and state.
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I’ve often pondered what a Christian’s response to the “separation of
church and state” should be. Despite the reverence given to the idea by
social progressivists, and subsequently by main stream society, that
particular concept appears nowhere in the Constitution. In fact, the
concept of separation doesn’t appear in any official government documents
authored by our nation’s founding fathers.
The phrase originates from a personal letter written by Thomas Jefferson in
1802, a full decade after the Bill of Rights was established, to the
Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut.
The phrase didn’t enter modern parlance again until 1947, when ACLU
attorney Leo Pfeffer brought the idea into popular use as part of the
Supreme Court case Everson v. Board of Education. One of the most liberal
supreme courts in our nation’s history voted 5 - 4 in favor of the state
board of education, with liberal justice Hugo Black adopting the new idea
of separation as his personal mantra.
I do not necessarily disagree with separation as an ideological theory — no
one belief system should be given preference over all others due to
government intercession, nor should the state interfere with the
functioning of the church. But I surely do object to a completely
unconstitutional theory being used maliciously as a mechanism to ban
Christianity from American culture, as it is now. And yes, the separation
of church and state, in its current guise, is quite unconstitutional — the
list of ways it has been used to limit the free exercise of my religion is
long and ever-growing.
To me it is an immense shame such a liberal and illegitimate notion as
separation is so thoroughly ingrained into our culture that it is taught
today as part of the Founders’ intent.
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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 US 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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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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| Title: Christian Missionaries Broadcasting on Israeli Cable - ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS |
22 Jan 2007 06:04:45 AM |
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Christian Missionaries Broadcasting on Israeli Cable
12:17 Jan 22, '07 / 3 Shevat 5767
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=120003
(IsraelNN.com)
Christian missionary groups,
which are prohibited from
trying to convert Jews,
are using the new technology
of cablevision to spread
their message.
The YES system transmits
New Testament messages daily,
and the HOT system makes them
available on request.
The Council for Cable Television
said it will investigate the reports
and stated that there are clear
guidelines concerning religious
programs.
Jerusalem anti-missionary activist
Mina Fenton charged that the programs
represent a "corruption of Jewish morals."
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