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Religions > Atheism |
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"BLUERHYMER" |
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20 Oct 2004 10:19:35 AM |
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Message to politicians |
It's Time for the People to Speak to Politicians
UNDATED) Message to politicians: " Don't meddle in our faith, and don't try to
exploit our religious divisions for your political gain. That is playing with
fire. Our democracy cannot stand it. Our votes don't give you permission to
convert one side's narrow religious morality into the law of the land."
By Tom Ehrich
Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database
implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.
What the First Amendment to the Constitution says is that Congress shall make
no law "respecting an establishment of religion." England had an established
religion, supported by the taxpayers and with its members given privileges
denied to members of other congregations.
Since the people who wrote the Constitution of the United States were
Englishmen, they knew exactly what they meant when they said that they wanted
no establishment of religion in the United States. Wise men wrote the
Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it
into an instrument of arbitrary judicial power, instead of a limitation on all
government power.
Letting judges change the law by verbal sleight of hand is especially dangerous
in a country where the people are supposed to have the power to control the
laws they live under via their elected representatives.
We could reach the point where elected officials simply refuse to follow what
the courts say. As President Andrew Jackson declared: "John Marshall has made
his decision. Now let him enforce it." If this becomes the prevailing practice,
that way lies anarchy.
We could start impeaching judges, including Supreme Court justices, who twist
the law beyond its plain and obvious meaning. This approach is not without
dangers, but neither is supinely accepting judicial fiats.
We could elect a Senate that will confirm judicial nominees who have a record
of sticking to what the written law says, not those who rule on the basis of
their own whims or the dictates of political correctness. We have a chance to
try that this November before resorting to more drastic measures.
Thomas Sowell - ... What the First Amendment to the Constitution says is that
Congress shall make no law "respecting an establishment of religion." England
had an established ...
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell062802.asp
Let us prey
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| User: "Jim07D4" |
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| Title: Re: Message to politicians |
20 Oct 2004 10:50:45 AM |
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(BLUERHYMER) said:
....
What the First Amendment to the Constitution says is that Congress shall make
no law "respecting an establishment of religion." England had an established
religion, supported by the taxpayers and with its members given privileges
denied to members of other congregations.
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What opponents of the USSC's record against "respecting an
establishment of religion" do not see or admit, is that failure to
rule against encroachments of the predominant religion into
taxpayer-supported areas of public life will lead to the exact same
situation as described above. This is what the framers intended to
prevent. How hard can that be? to grasp?
Jim07D4
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