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Re: Democracy...
I woe the day that government and church are not seperated and I am forced
to side with one religion. It would be another freedom wrongfully taken
from me. I would fight back, the same way the country secured it's
independence the first time. I take my freedom very seriously. Facists
like you that want to distort the constitution to make introduce a
non-existant person at the top will hopefully get blasted down in the senate
as you have been before. I would consider laws restricting my freedom as an
attack and will be forced to defend myself.
---"Brian B. Riley" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 9/15/98 10:27 PM, Jaeger ([email protected]) passed this wisdom:
>
> >
> >hey, would you care to show us where "seperation of church and state" is
> >to be found in the constitution/bill of rights? absolute right and
> >wrong is not a religious belief (necessarily).. your religious beliefs
> >do not affect the nature of reality. there are absolute truths by
>
> [snip]
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> >> Ever heard of seperation of church and state? Democracy? the rights of
> >>
> >> the individual? While you certainly have the right to practice your
> >> religion in what ever manner you so choose demanding that everyone
> >> else
> >> does, or that the president of the us of ais subject to you PERSONAL
> >> faith decisions is outragous
>
> The first amendment states only that there shall not be 'an
> establishment of religion' it says nada about 'separation of church and
> state.' The intention was simple; that there would never be an
> 'official' state religion. It didn't say religion had no place. They were
> escaping a regime with an established state religion that used the
> goverment to stamp out religious deviationism. That was the sole reason
> for that clause in the 1st amendment.
>
> Brian B. Riley --> http://members.macconnect.com/~brianbr
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> "...if you drink much from a bottle marked "poison."
> and it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later"
> _Alice in Wonderland_: (Lewis Carroll)
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