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Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 16:36:50 EDT

In a message dated 6/14/03 11:35:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:


>
> Right on Sarge.
>
> George W. Durman wrote:
>
> > At 6/6/03 10:33 AM Friday, Thom wrote:
> > *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********
> >
> >> (snipped)
> >> Another good point Andreas makes is that the United States
> >> Constitution does not guarantee freedom "of" religion, but freedom
> >> "from" a state established religion. .....
> >> (snipped)
> >> Thom
> >
> > **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT***********
> >
> > Hi Thom:
> >
> > To quote from the "1st Amendment":
> >
> > "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
> > or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ....."
> >
> > It seems to me that "...or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." DOES
> > guarantee "...freedom 'of' religion...".
> >
> > Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but it seems that "freedom OF religion"
> > is exactly what was meant.
> >
> > While I'm at it, NOWHERE in the Constitution will one find
> > "Separation Of Church And State". All the hullabaloo during the past
> > 50 years or so about "Separation of Church and State" has, in fact, no
> > precedent in any guiding document, other that the phrase quoted above,
> > "Congress shall make no LAW respecting an establishment of
> > religion...". There is NOTHING in that phrase, nor in the writings of
> > those who framed the constitution and the following Amendments, that
> > indicates that having a copy of the Ten Commandments on a Court
> > House wall, or having a Christmas manger scene on the Court House
> > lawn, etc., etc., is in violation of the Constitution. Supreme Court
> > Justices have, over the decades, CHANGED the Constitution to
> > forbid just about anything having to do with Religion, when, in fact,
> > nothing, nowhere, exists to support their decisions.
> >
> > YES, the 1st Amendment DOES say "freedom OF religion", at least
> > to me. And that includes allowing a teacher to wear a Christian cross
> > on a chain around her neck, without fear of "alienating" someone in
> > her class (would we dream of forbidding a Muslim from carrying
> > his prayer beads in plain view in a classroom?); and includes
> > allowing a judge in Alabama to have the 10 Commandments posted on
> > a Court House wall; AND allows reciting The Pledge Of Allegiance,
> > completely, WITH the phrase "...under God..."; all without censorship
> > by the courts, by the ACLU, by the Liberal media, and by every other
> > religion-hating malcontent in the country. (Actually, let me apologize--
> > they are not "religion-hating", they are only "Christian-hating".)
> >
> > And that's MY 2¢ worth,
> > SgtGeorge
> >
>

Hi George,

Thank you for your 2 cents worth! I very much agree with you!

LaVerne

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