Holy 2008!
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2QzMmU2ZjEzZDM0Yjg4ZWVkZjJjMDBhNzE5NmVkYWU=
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Holy 2008!
Taking George W.'s advice.
By Kathryn Jean Lopez
During the 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy downplayed his
religion. Another Massachusetts pol, Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, is now
contemplating a run. And Romney, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, is being encouraged to follow in JFK’s footsteps.
Kennedy’s September 1960 speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial
Association is credited with having destigmatized his Catholicism as a
campaign issue. No doubt the Romney camp would like to do something similar
— make it so that questions about Mormon temple garments are beyond the
bounds of respectable journalism. But Romney, a man of faith, has another
concern: At what cost?
In his celebrated speech, Kennedy said, “I believe in a president whose
views on religion are his own private affair.” A later Bay State JFK, Sen.
John F. Kerry, took refuge behind this concept to eviscerate his own
Catholic faith of its public consequences. During the 2004 presidential
cycle, Kerry told one reporter, “I’m not a church spokesman. I’m a
legislator running for president. My oath is to uphold the Constitution of
the United States in my public life. My oath privately between me and God
was defined in the Catholic church by Pius XXIII and Pope Paul VI in the
Vatican II, which allows for freedom of conscience for Catholics with
respect to these choices, and that is exactly where I am. And it is
separate. Our Constitution separates church and state, and they should be
reminded of that.” Translation (putting aside the fact that he confused
popes ... and that no Catholic says “the Vatican II”): I’ll vote against
bans on partial-birth abortion — and have done so — and church teaching be
damned.
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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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