Monique, read Jefferson's letters to the Danforth Baptist Church, and
his and Madison's letters to John Adams and others. They clearly
discussed the concept of a clear wall separating church and state.
Madison chided the Constitutional Convention for not being more
forceful in its wording on the matter. The intent and the meaning is
quite clear. They wanted the two to be very separate and not interact.
larry
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:46:10 -0400, Monique Boea
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Seperation of church and state is not constitutional.
>
> That is a notion that people carry out of just pure ignorance (true sense of
> the word) of the constitution.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: Senate rejects move to ban same-sex marriage
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>
> Monique, you are preaching to the choir. What does that have to do with
> Civil
> Law, in a country where the doctrine of separation of church and state is
> supposed to be in practice?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> hopefully w/o the HTML junk
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> 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
> and unrighteousness of people39 who suppress the truth by their40
> unrighteousness,41 1:19 because what can be known about God is plain to
> them,42 because God has made it plain to them. 1:20 For since the creation
> of the world his invisible attributes-his eternal power and divine
> nature-have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what
> has
> been made. So people43 are without excuse. 1:21 For although they knew
> God,
> they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile
> in their thoughts and their senseless hearts44 were darkened. 1:22
> Although
> they claimed45 to be wise, they became fools 1:23 and exchanged the glory
> of
> the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings46 or birds or
> four-footed animals47 or reptiles.
>
> 1:24 Therefore God gave them over48 in the desires of their hearts to
> impurity, to dishonor49 their bodies among themselves.50 1:25 They51
> exchanged the truth of God for a lie52 and worshiped and served the
> creation53 rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
>
> 1:26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For
> their
> women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,54 1:27
> and
> likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women55 and were
> inflamed in their passions56 for one another. Men57 committed shameless
> acts
> with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
>
> 1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God,58 God gave them
> over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.59 1:29 They are
> filled60 with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness,
> malice. They are rife with61 envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They
> are gossips, 1:30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful,
> contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents, 1:31 senseless,
> covenant-breakers,62 heartless, ruthless. 1:32 Although they fully know63
> God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to
> die,64
> they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.65
> _____
>
>
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