Why do you think it was founded as a Christian nation, Michael?

On Jan 8, 2008 5:40 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Bill 847 was partially in response to and in the same vein as bill 635
>
>
> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:635:./list/bss/d110HE.lst::|TOM:/bss/110search.html|
> *
> Title:* Recognizing the commencement of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of
> fasting and spiritual renewal, and expressing respect to Muslims in the
> United States and throughout the world on this occasion, and for other
> purposes.
>
> Both are targeting a specific religion and religious holiday. Bill 888
> does
> not target a specific religion in the title but is specific to
> Christianity
> in its details. Problem is, this county WAS founded on religious
> principles
> and that fact should be recognised - for good and ill.
> This is atheism against history, not against religion.
>
> On Jan 8, 2008 6:22 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > based on past posts here, this is probably of interest to quite a few of
> > you, though I have not been able to find mention of it outside the
> > blogosphere:
> >
> > http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/01/04/say-no-to-house-resolution-888/
> >
> > --
> > Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free
> our
> > minds
> > - Bob Marley
> >
> >
> >
>
> 

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