On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Steven Peterson <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Platt, > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Platt Holden <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Here is the text of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution > > > > "Congress shall make no law respecting and establishment of religion, or > > prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of > speech, > > or of the press, or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and > to > > petition the Government for redress of grievances." > > > > Note that "separation of church and state" is not in the First Amendment. > > O'Donnell was correct. Further, when she asked her opponent for the > senate > > to name the other rights listed in the First Amendment, he could not. By > > DMB's criterion, that should disqualify him as a senator. > > > "The government shall make no establishment of religion," Coons said, > summarizing the gist of the specific words in the First Amendment's > establishment clause. > > "That's in the First Amendment?" O'Donnell asked again, eliciting > further laughter from the room. > [Mark] This was in the context of separation of church and state, not in the reading. However, your interpretation is revealing of some character assassination. What a novel concept, maybe it should be used in politics. > > While there is room for legitimate debate on the meaning of the > establishment clause, it is clear that O'Donnell doesn't understand > the issue. She clearly thought that the audience was laughing with her > as though she had just scored a big hit with a clever question. She > was clearly under the false impression that the Constitution does not > institute a separation of church and state as any fifth grader ought > to know. > I would not claim that O'Donnell is fully understanding of the constitution, I believe she was coached to present her argument. She did not do a good job, obviously. She expected too much from the audience of law students. So, what are you, in fourth grade? > > > > > > The fact that O'Donnell's correct statement elicited mocking laughter > from > > the audience of law students illustrates their group ignorance. Not > > surprising since the academy these days is under the direction of the > > political left whose bigoted views of religion are amply revealed in > DMB's > > post. > > > > If O'Donnell had pointed out the specific "wall of separation" phrase > is not part of the Constitution, she would have been correct. It > seemed like she picked up on some part of the issue but misunderstood > completely. You really have to watch the video to get the picture of > her ignorance. It is no wonder why the Republicans didn't want her and > are embarrassed by her candidacy. > [Mark] Yea, we need those highly intellectual scholars like Biden. Where are they hiding? The Republican establishment is misguided, in my opinion. Hopefully the elections will change that. We can only hope. > 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
