http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_12159.shtml
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Mar 20, 2006
Liberals have run off with this phrase, prostituting it per usual.
The matter is simple. It?s this: America does not want a state church.
England has a state church ? the Anglican Church. America does not want one
denomination considered The Nation?s Church.
On the other hand, America has a religious heritage. It?s not Muslim. It?s
not Hindu. It?s not Shinto. It?s not animism. It?s not New Age. It?s not
Paganism. It?s not Voodoo. It?s Judeo-Christian.
America, while not desiring a state church, does desire religion in life.
That includes religious expression in everyday exchange. Because
Judeo-Christian is America?s heritage, most citizens honor that heritage
expressed and honored. Its expression then should not be thwarted. It
should not be belittled. It should not be erased in the name of "separation
of church and state."
Unhampered religious expression is promised in the First Amendment.
Further, America, having a Judeo-Christian heritage and the right to
present-tense expression, permits freedom of religious expression to other
religions. Therefore, there are those of other religious persuasions who
practice without fear their religions in America.
What the liberals want to do is redefine the phrase "separation of church
and state" to exclude Judeo-Christian religious expression in America. They
want not only "separation of church and state" defined on their terms but
the exclusion of the Judeo-Christian religion and anything coming close to
that particular religious expression?period.
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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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