So Arlo, How do you justify the house saying a prayer in the morning, and having a chaplain. Are they all just a bunch of idiots? Your interpretation is just that. In law, grammar does matter, believe me, Clinton used it all the time. I am concerned that the federal government interferes with religion as much as it does, all in the name of separation. What a load of baloney. We have to stay separated therefore we much interfere, HUH?
You Rock Platt! Mark On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Arlo Bensinger <[email protected]> wrote: > [Platt] > Note that "separation of church and state" is not in the First Amendment. > > [Arlo] > Ah, now its about grammar. Nonethess, the phrase derives from a letter > Thomas Jefferson had written referencing the First Amendment. > > "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man > & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, > that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, > I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people > which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an > establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof", thus > building a wall of separation between Church & State." > > I assume Thomas Jefferson was familiar enough with the intent of this > language that if HE says that ""make no law respecting an establishment of > religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" is to be interpreted as > "building a wall of separation between Church & State", then I think we can > safely say that the First Amendment separates church and state. > > The group was right to laugh at O'Donnell, but I fear with people like this > being elected, we will all be crying soon. > > And, can you kindly tell me how preventing the state from legislating, > promoting or enforcing a particular religion is "bigoted"? Is this another > one of your inane "intolerance of intolerance should not be tolerated" > statements? > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
