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29 Feb 2004 08:46:38 AM |
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High court is atheist's calling |
HIGH COURT IS ATHEIST'S CALLING
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/162383_pledge27.html
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Atheist's point well-taken in Pledge case dry run
Receptive Boalt panel
By Josh Richman, STAFF WRITER
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BERKELEY -- The atheist who's trying to convince the U.S. Supreme Court
that making public school students recite or sit through the Pledge of
Allegiance with the words "under God" is unconstitutional argued his case
Thursday to a learned panel of legal experts.
And he won. Sort of.
Most of the panel at the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall
School of Law's moot court competition seemed to agree with Dr. Michael
Newdow that letting public school teachers lead daily recitations of the
pledge as it's now written violates the First Amendment's vow that
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."
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http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1486~1968125,00.html
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| User: "TehGhodTrole" |
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| Title: Re: High court is atheist's calling |
29 Feb 2004 09:05:37 AM |
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wrote:
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Most of the panel at the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall
School of Law's moot court competition seemed to agree with Dr.
Michael Newdow that letting public school teachers lead daily
recitations of the pledge as it's now written violates the First
Amendment's vow that "Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion." **END EXCERPT**
With a bit of providence and Schroedinger's Cat-like probability
thrown in for good measure, the whole question of separation
might erupt into another American Civil War.
--
TehGhodTrole: Trolling, for God's sake.
Your Free Insult: Jesus loves you.
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| User: "Carol Lee Smith" |
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| Title: Re: High court is atheist's calling |
29 Feb 2004 08:17:59 PM |
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On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 wrote:
HIGH COURT IS ATHEIST'S CALLING
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/162383_pledge27.html
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Atheist's point well-taken in Pledge case dry run
Did anyone catch the Religion and Ethics TV program today?
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."
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http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1486~1968125,00.html
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,
which leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy."
-- Robert Anton Wilson
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: High court is atheist's calling |
03 Mar 2004 11:11:40 AM |
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On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 20:17:59 -0600, Carol Lee Smith <human@csd.uwm.edu>,
Message ID:
<Pine.OSF.3.96.1040229201651.19584D-100000@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu> wrote in
alt.atheism;
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 wrote:
HIGH COURT IS ATHEIST'S CALLING
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/162383_pledge27.html
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Atheist's point well-taken in Pledge case dry run
Did anyone catch the Religion and Ethics TV program today?
With religion there are no ethics.
(snip)
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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