"This treaty represented U.S. law as all U.S. Treaties do (see the
Constitution, Article VI, Sect.2: "This Constitution, and the laws of the
United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties
made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States,
shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every State shall be
bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the
contrary notwithstanding.")
Also this web site clearly explains why the Declaration of Independance
(which does meniton God) is not part of US law since it came before our
government existed. Therefore, there can be no link between the mention of
God in the Declaration and the secular nature of the US.
Sandy
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From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 4:35 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Thomas Jefferson and Religion
Actually, the nonreligious nature of the US was codified in the Treaty of
Tripoli which was passed by Congress. The preliminary treaty was signed in
1796 and became public on June 17, 1797
"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense,
founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of
enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Musselmen; and as the
said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any
Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from
religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony
existing between the two countries."
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