"You didn't. But others have. Some current "Christian" organizations think that the US will fail unless it becomes a theocracy and they base their claims on the idea that the Founders made this a Christian nation. Some of them even thing that non-believers should be executed. So perhaps you can see why an insistence on the rule of law regarding this is of concern to me."
Any theocracy would be bad. Christian, Muslim, or whatever. "Frankly, I don't care what kind of man George Washington was any more than I care what kind of man George Bush is. Their opinions have no place in the decisions that form the law as they are 'former' Presidents - past tense in all ways that matter." Many people don't care about history. Maybe that's why the issue of Beck and his version of history are such a big deal now. Others like to know about people. It helps to know why certain decisions were made. For example, how could a "Christian Nation" justify slavery? In order to answer that question, one would need look at what the founders believed in. Which founding fathers actively opposed slavery? Which opposed it covertly? Who fought the hardest for it? And so on? Then, there is this quote: He who controls the past controls the future which is pretty self explanatory. 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:326028 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
