JANUARY 4, 1811
Mr. Findley presented a petition of the Synod of Pittsburg, in the
State of Pennsylvania, praying that the laws and regulations for the
government of the Post- office Establishment may be so altered or
amended as to prohibit mail stages and post riders from traveling, and
post-offices being kept open, on Sunday.
Referred to the Postmaster-General
(SOURCE OF INFORMATION: 11TH CONGRESS, 3rd SESSION, PETITIONS IN
REFERENCE TO SUNDAY MAILS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1811. ANNALS OF
CONGRESS pp 487. AMERICAN STATE PAPERS Bearing On Sunday Legislation,
Revised and Enlarged Edition, Compiled and Annotated by William
Addison Blakely, Revised Edition Edited by Willard Allen Colcord, The
Religious Liberty Association, Washington D.C. 1911, pp 176)
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The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
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The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
HRSepCnS · Historical Reality SepChurch&State
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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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