Re: US Government Sponsored Prayers and The Pledge of Allegiance

"s****hawk" <s****hawk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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 And as a secular entity, the United States has no authority to
: interfere in the exercise of any religion, at any time, and in any
: place.  That includes the voluntary expressions of religious ideals
: and rite in private assemblies, in public meetings, in schools, or
: anywhere--even in Congress itself.  The United States government has
: no authority, moral or legal, to prohibit prayer anywhere.
:
: The Constitution clearly states that all powers not granted in the
: Constitution to the federal government are specifically reserved to
: the states or to the people.  The Constitution not only does not grant
: any powers to the central government to regulate religion, it also
: expressly denies any such power.  Any action by the federal
: authorities, whether executive, legislative, or judicial, to interfere
: with the free exercise of religion at any level is unconstitutional.
: That's what the First Amendment says.

Were you born this stupid, or did you have to work at it?