Re: US Government Sponsored Prayers and The Pledge of Allegiance

"s****hawk" <s****hawk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:7d3f7c6c-651c-4881-aed5-02f4dde7cabb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Jefferson's use of the phrase "wall of separation between Church &
: State"  in a private letter does not, and cannot, change the meaning
: of the plain language of the First Amendment.  Your interpretation of
: Jefferson's metaphor would mean that Congress is forbidden to apply
: religious moral standards in enacting legislation--there exists a wall
: which Congress must not breach. Any congressman who bases his vote on
: religious teachings of morality and civility would be in violation of
: the Constitution.
:
: That's utter nonsense.  If there is such a "wall," it contains a one-
: way gate: Congress cannot influence religions, but religious moral
: teachings can--and should--influence Congress.  Our present Congress,
: having relinquished their authority to declare war to a warmongering
: president and funding years of random killings in the middle east,
: would do well to reread the Ten Commandments.

It is your misfortune to be dishonest in all of your dealings with other 
humans.  It is to your own detriment that you feel the need to spread your

filth across usenet, and to your family's shame.  The fact is, Congress
_is_ 
forbidden to apply "religious moral standards", oxymoron that it is, and 
moron that you are.

If you ever decide to learn about morality & ethics, you'll do well to ask

an atheist to help you on your journey.