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"Del" |
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18 Oct 2003 11:52:12 AM |
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Re: Falwell's distortion of the pledge issue |
Here is another, older, funnier article on Jerry:
FALWELL ARMS THE OPPOSITION
People for the American Way, a political counterforce to New Right
groups, says it has yet to find anyone who has made a stronger case
against the school prayer Constitutional amendment than the Reverend
Jerry Falwell, founder of the Moral Majority, who is an advocate of
the amendment.
Falwell is quoted as telling a meeting of the Religious Newswriters
Association in New Orleans that because members of the Moral Majority
represent a variety of denominations, "if we ever opened a meeting
with a prayer, silent or otherwise, we would disintegrate."
Asked why this reasoning would not apply in classrooms, Falwell said
school prayer was "in the intent and mind of the First Amendment
framers." Cal Thomas, director of communications for Moral Majority,
said his group did not open meetings with prayer because it is a
political organization that includes Jews, Catholics, Mormons,
Protestants, and some "non-religious" members.
"What kind of prayer would we use?" he asked.
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San Francisco Chronicle, 9-19-82
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Falwell's distortion of the pledge issue |
19 Oct 2003 11:06:17 PM |
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On 18 Oct 2003 09:52:12 -0700, (Del) posted in
alt.atheism:
Cal Thomas, director of communications for Moral Majority,
said his group did not open meetings with prayer because it is a
political organization that includes Jews, Catholics, Mormons,
Protestants, and some "non-religious" members.
"What kind of prayer would we use?" he asked.
The irony is just unbelievable.
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"We should do unto others as we would want them to do unto us. If I were an unborn
fetus I would want others to use force to protect me, therefore using force against
abortionists is *justifiable homocide*."
- "Pro-Life" doctor killer and corpse Paul Hill
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| User: "Michelle Malkin" |
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| Title: Re: Falwell's distortion of the pledge issue |
20 Oct 2003 01:08:02 AM |
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 04:06:17 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
On 18 Oct 2003 09:52:12 -0700, (Del) posted in
alt.atheism:
Cal Thomas, director of communications for Moral Majority,
said his group did not open meetings with prayer because it is a
political organization that includes Jews, Catholics, Mormons,
Protestants, and some "non-religious" members.
"What kind of prayer would we use?" he asked.
The irony is just unbelievable.
Well, his religion does tell him that it's all right to lie...
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Falwell's distortion of the pledge issue |
20 Oct 2003 08:25:14 PM |
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 06:08:02 GMT, Michelle Malkin
<hypatiab7@earthlink.net> posted in alt.atheism:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 04:06:17 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
On 18 Oct 2003 09:52:12 -0700, (Del) posted in
alt.atheism:
Cal Thomas, director of communications for Moral Majority,
said his group did not open meetings with prayer because it is a
political organization that includes Jews, Catholics, Mormons,
Protestants, and some "non-religious" members.
"What kind of prayer would we use?" he asked.
The irony is just unbelievable.
Well, his religion does tell him that it's all right to lie...
More to the point, it tells him that he must be a moron.
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"My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid
consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and
ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who
works on the basis of reward and punishment. "
- Letter to M. Berkowitz, October 25, 1950; Einstein Archive 59-215
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