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User: ""
Date: 12 Dec 2004 05:25:10 AM
Object: Re: Why Gov must be religious
"Q" <Q@anon.com> wrote:

:|Give us a break from your uninformed nonsense. The entire idea of a social
:|contract (which is what the constitution is) comes from the conept of
:|"covenant" which goes back to Moses.

Gee, the only other person I ever saw try to make this argument was Richard
Gardiner

:|I mean, the whole grounding of
:|political thought is firmly grounded in our religious history, like it or
:|not.

False
Study Guide: The Roots of American Democracy
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/studygd8.htm
Roots of American Law
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/histlaw.htm

:|That why Moses and the Ten Commandments line the halls of the Supreme
:|Court.

False
o The Complete Ten Commandments, a Study Guide
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/10commsg.htm
o Congress Shall Make No Law Respecting the Establishment of
Reason. Neal Blanchett, Esq. comments on the Ten Commandments controversy.
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/blanch2.htm
o The Seven Lost Commandments
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/7lostcom.htm
o Rev. John Leland on the Ten Commandments, Judge Moore and other
related things
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/leland10.htm
Relating to The Ten Commandments and a Key Federal Statute
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hamilton/20041021.html
* Judge Roy Moore and the Ten Commandments Controversy Why He Was Not A
Fit Justice, Won't Be A Fit Governor, And Belongs in the Private Sphere
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hamilton/20031118.html
* The Ten Commandments and American Law Why Some Christians' Claims to
Legal Hegemony Are Not Consistent with the Historical Record
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hamilton/20030911.html

:|
:|Furthermore, as Madison said, it is "chimerical" to think that people can
:|self govern without virtue (if you lack self discipline how can you
:|govern?), and virtue is "nourished by religion."
:|

I don't see the actual quote, properly cited of course, thus, your comment
is meaningless.
.

 

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