FBI Technology Blows Apart Myth of Church State Separation
http://www.earnedmedia.org/ncc0424.htm
WASHINGTON, April 24 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Speaking to a group in
Danbury, Connecticut, the Reverend Rob Schenck (pronounced SHANK),
president of Washington, DC-based Faith and Action and a missionary to
government officials on Capitol Hill, pointed to recent FBI analysis of
Thomas Jefferson’s infamous “separation of church and state” letter to
debunk the mythical “wall” that supposedly divides the two.
Schenck was speaking at a rally on the Danbury Green, not far from the
ruins of the 18th century church where the Danbury Association of Baptists
met. It was in an 1801 letter to the Association that Jefferson coined the
phrase, “wall of separation between church and state.” In 1947 the US
Supreme Court incorporated the phrase into its majority opinion in a case
called Everson vs. Ewing Township Board of Education. The first two drafts
of the Jefferson letter, together with the one sent to Danbury are kept by
the Library of Congress. The chief of the library’s manuscript division,
Dr. James Hutson, has written extensively on the letter. Several years ago
the FBI used classified technology to reveal margin notes and other
material in the drafts that had been inked out by Jefferson.
“The results of the FBI analysis are staggering,” said Rev. Schenck, who
met with Dr. Hutson to discuss his findings on the notes. “It changes the
whole character and meaning behind Jefferson’s words. In my opinion, and I
believe Dr. Hutson’s work backs me up, this letter was nothing more than
political damage control. It was never meant to represent constitutional
theory.”
Schenck pointed out in his Danbury talk that the Supreme Court took
political spin and elevated it to constitutional doctrine.
“That is patently absurd,” he said.
Schenck’s talk has taken on added momentum after radio stations in
Connecticut and Texas played it in its entirety. He will be taking his
message to churches and other venues across the country over the next 18
months and is available for further comment.
The other side of the story
In my email this morning:
From a friend 3 emails:
[ BTW the friend was USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) ]
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.education/msg/c56d9cd935c65e9a?hl=en&
[part of the above article]
L.O.C. EXHIBIT (update)
Newsgroups:
soc.history.war.us-revolution,alt.history.colonial,alt.atheism,alt.politics.usa.constitution,
soc.history,alt.deism,alt.atheism,alt.religion.deism,alt.politics.usa.constitution,alt.history
Subject: L.O.C. EXHIBIT (update)
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 12:14:18 -0400
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.history.war.us-revolution/msg/9a7848342f0e0882?output=gplain
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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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