--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 9/13/06 6:43:26 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[email protected]) > , MDixon6569@, MDi > > Now, I know what is blowing your mind right now is > > that I have the audacity to say there is no mention of > > Separation of Church and State in the Constitution. If > > I'm wrong, please show me. Specifically the Article it > > is found under. > > According to Thomas Jefferson, it's in the Bill of > Rights, the First Amendment to the Constitution: > > "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment > of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." > > Judy, keywords here, *make no law* and *or prohibit the free > exercise thereof.*
Please don't change the subject without addressing my point: It is *disingenuous* and *misleading* to claim "separation of church and state" isn't in the Constitution, and it calls into question whatever you go on to say after that > The congress can not establish a state religion nor can > it prohibit the free exercise of any religion. If you > prohibit religious speech any place, including federal > buildings or institutions that are federally funded, you > are violating the free exercise guaranteed in that > amendment which is censorship of free speech, which is > forbidden in the very next phrase of the same Amendment. > It really is so simple and easy to understand. It's "simple and easy to understand" if you ignore the fact that there is a conflict of two constitutional rights in these cases. That conflict makes it very complicated and highly nuanced and context-dependent. It's not a simple issue at all, and it's intellectually dishonest to pretend otherwise. I'm not going to discuss it with you until you read up on the basis of the constitutional argument, because you're tilting at windmills and jousting with straw men. Find out what the arguments are, and address *those*. <snip> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
