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Religions > Atheism |
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14 Jul 2005 08:20:17 AM |
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Some Church State History |
Some recents posts found on
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
http://www.churchstatelaw.com/historicalmaterials/8_2_7.asp
[excerpt]
Against the Oppreffions of the prefent Day.
By Isaac Backus.
Brethren, ye have been called Unto Liberty ; only ufe not Liberty for
an occalion to the Flefh, but by love ferve one another. GAL. V. 13.
B O S T O N :
Printed by John Boyle in Marlborough Street.
MDCCLXXIlI.
An Appeal to the Public (1773) is prefaced with an essay on political
theory that shows charter rights and divine or supernatural rights to
be fundamental to Backus's argument at this stage of his thinking.
Natural rights of a Lockean kind he had not yet reconciled with his
view of human depravity derived from John Calvin. The body of the
piece explores in some detail the problems of church—state relations
that so vitally interested Backus and the Baptists. Backus's most
famous work is his "Baptist History," or A History of New-England with
Particular Reference to the Denomination of Christians Known as
Baptists (3 vols.: Boston, 1777—96; 2-vol. rev. ed.: David Weston, 1871).
I N T R O D U C T I O N
[end of excerpt]
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and the discussion group for the above site listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members]
For people in Hampton Roads you are also invited to join
NORFOLK/VA. B. SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE MEETUP GROUP
http://churchandstate.meetup.com/47/
Virginia Chapter Americans United for Separation of Church and State
http://au-va.org/
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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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