http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0212political-insider0212.html
[excerpt]


Sen. Ron Gould, unplugged ... Gould, an imposing crew-cut-wearing
conservative firebrand from Lake Havasu, has had a knack for grabbing
headlines since his surprise 2004 election.

First, there was the tidbit we broke before he took office that he flies
the Confederate battle flag outside his house, along with flags from other
wars.

And when Gould thought he was being treated unfairly during a Clean
Elections investigation for a campaign finance violation last year, he
famously said, "if I were a baby-killing left-winger, this wouldn't be
happening to me."

Now he's been discovered by local television news. Gould was the subject
of
an interview that aired Wednesday night with KNXV-TV reporter Steve Irvin,
who quizzed the senator about flying the Confederate flag and other
controversial stances. Gould defended flying the flag for its historic
value, saying it was not meant to be offensive.

When Irvin asked, "As a White male, what gives you the right to judge
what's offensive to a Black person?" Gould responded, "I think we're done
here," got up and ended the interview.

He did come back and went on to say "the U.S. is a Christian nation
founded
by Christian men," and "the separation of church and state is to keep the
government out of the church, not to keep the church out of the
government."

He also opined that homosexuals should not be allowed to work as
schoolteachers.

The state Democratic Party sent out a news release calling attention to
the
interview. But the interesting thing about Gould is that the more people
who disagree with him complain about the things he says and does, the
happier he seems.

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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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