On May 8, 1:51 pm, Don Martin <drdonmar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 8, 8:22 am, s****hawk <s****h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > On May 8, 1:02 am, buckeye <buckeye...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > US Government Sponsored Prayers and The Pledge of
Allegiancehttp://bbsnews.net/article.php/20080501163949996
> > > [excerpt]
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> > > Thursday, May 01 2008 @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
04:39 PM EDT
> > > Edited by: Michael Hess
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> > > The American Way
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> > > 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.
Actually, it was suggested quite some time ago.
"Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil
government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the
indefinite ac***ulation of property from the capacity of holding it in
perpetuity by ecclesiastical cor****ations. The establishment of the
chaplain****p in Congress is a palpable violation of equal rights as
well as of Constitutional principles. The danger of silent
ac***ulations and encroachments by ecclesiastical bodies has not
sufficiently engaged attention in the US." - James Madison
Rich Goranson
Amherst, NY, USA
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