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28 Nov 2005 10:42:39 AM |
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Righting the balance |
Righting the balance
http://www.burbankleader.com/religion/story/31011p-45203c.html
Burbank Leader - CA, United States
Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, prompted
scepticism with his call for the Jewish community to counter the religious
right's approach to dismantling the separation of church and state. Do you
feel the religious right is making such an effort? What do you think of
Foxman's message?
The implication of Foxman's message is that the "religious right" is acting
in a subversive, unfair manner that should be stopped. Apparently he
believes that if conservative Christians have our way all Americans will be
forced to conform to the dictates of a government dominated by the church.
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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 U.S. 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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| User: "Gray Shockley" |
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| Title: Re: Righting the balance |
29 Nov 2005 03:21:09 AM |
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 04:42:39 -0600, wrote:
Righting the balance
http://www.burbankleader.com/religion/story/31011p-45203c.html
Burbank Leader - CA, United States
Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, prompted
scepticism with his call for the Jewish community to counter the religious
right's approach to dismantling the separation of church and state. Do you
feel the religious right is making such an effort? What do you think of
Foxman's message?
The implication of Foxman's message is that the "religious right" is acting
in a subversive, unfair manner that should be stopped.
I see nothing in Foxman's re-action that suggested
there was an "implication" that "the 'religious right'
is acting in a subversive, unfair manner that should
be stopped".
Apparently, the author has no idea whatsoever
what "implication" means.
Foxman appears to be stating quite //explicitly// that the alleged
Christian "religious right's approach to dismantling the separation
of church and state" could be a horror and must be resisted before
history repeats itself.
Those who ignore the lessons of history are condemned to
keep stepping in it. - Lois McMaster Bujold (f/memory)
Skip a rope
Apparently he
believes that if conservative Christians have our way all Americans will be
forced to conform to the dictates of a government dominated by the church.
Yep.
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Posting and reading from alt.politics.usa.constitution OR alt.education
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 U.S. 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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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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