When it comes to the daily News/blog/commentary items I post I
don't verify or vouch for them. Some may reflect my views on the topic of
Sep Church & State, just as many do not.
In reading over many of these I find that many, if not most, on
both sides, often times contain errors of legal and or historical fact.
Reader beware, do your own homework. I let whoever wrote them make valid
points or make a fool of themselves. I gather and post them to let people
see what is out there on both sides of the issue.
I post them to inform without commentary and to let others see the
valid and the off the wall that appear from various sources.
I include the source and a URL so that anyone can get to the
original source and if they feel inclined to do so, challenge anything in
the article directly with the author.
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Wiccan demonstrates folly of mixing church and state
http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/article/20060316/Opinion/103160037
Lahontan Valley News - Fallon,NV,USA
[excerpts
The case of the widow of a National Guard airman who wants to honor her
late husband by placing a Wiccan symbol on the memorial wall at the
Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley is a poignant examp=

of the folly of mixing church and state.

Under the current federal policy, Roberta Stewart is not allowed to place
the pagan symbol on the wall because the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs does not currently list the five-pointed star as an "emblem of
belief." As it now stands, only approved graphics, including the Christian
cross and Buddhist wheel of righteousness, are allowed on the wall.

[snip]

... Though the US Constitution contains several passages providing for
separation of church and state, signs and symbols from American's Christi=

tradition show ...
[end of esxcerpts]



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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 =B7 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 =

page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisne=

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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