"Law, not heritage, governs. Tear down the laws and replace them based on sentimental maudlin crap based on "heritage" and watch how fast this nation falls. Slavery is a large part of the heritage, and most of the founding fathers were slave holders. Wanna run the country based on that?"
What in the hell are you talking about? Did I say heritage governs or say it should? Uh, no. I just said religion was important from a heritage point of view. You know, like what kind of person was George Washington? Christian, pagan, diest? I even said it shouldn't influence how the government is ran. "In what way?" I'll give you the classic one: The Department of education. "Yeah, a brief review of English history will clearly show why they put that provision in." No doubt. "State laws are meaningless when discussing the establishment of the" In most ways, unless the establishment will violate state rights. That why so many states have taken the Obama administration to court. They say that health care deform is a violation of state rights. But, in this case, you are right. But, you can get an idea of what kind of people where at the constitutional convention. If representatives were required to be Christians by the state, then . . . connect the dots. I think a lot of confusion/venom on this issue stems from term Christian Nation. Some people think it means theocracy. Others think of it as a clever catch phrase that can strengthen one political party at the expense of another. Some might think it means a nation of Christians. Or, another might think it means a country founded on the morals of Christianity. It's hard to have a discussion when so many different views of the same term are in play. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson > > w.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm<http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326014 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
