Re: US Government Sponsored Prayers and The Pledge of Allegiance

On May 8, 8:22 am, s****hawk <s****h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 8, 1:02 am, buckeye <buckeye...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > US Government Sponsored Prayers and The Pledge of
Allegiancehttp://bbsnews.net/article.php/20080501163949996
> > [excerpt]
>
> >  Thursday, May 01 2008 @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 04:39 PM EDT
> > Edited by: Michael Hess
>
> > The American Way
>
> > BBSNews 2008-05-01 -- By Naman Crowe. I've sung this song but I'll
sing it
> > again. Let's get real. Let's start looking to the day when we can put
to
> > rest the tired tradition of opening Congress with the Daily Prayer and
> > Pledge of Allegiance, on the grounds that they go counter to our
> > Constitution which requires a separation of Church and State.
>
> No it doesn't.  The Constitution says nothing about separation of
> Church and State.  I looked; it isn't there.  In fact, the
> Constitution specifically states that "Congress shall make no
> law . . . prohibiting the free exercise [of religion]."  Congress has
> no authority to prohibit anyone from engaging in religious exercises,
> in public, in private, in prison, or even in Congress itself. Free men
> are entitled to pray as they please--even congressmen.

Well, then, if there is no separation, it is high time those religious
bastards started paying for the free advertising on the currency and
in congress. Real estate taxes at the regular rate should cover it
nicely.

Thanks for the suggestion.