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To: SandRat
Our Constitutional freedom of religious expression has been replaced by the demand for a freedom from exposure to religious expression, as though it were a nuisance at best, or a toxic substance at worst. Neither voluntary public prayer nor the presence of religious symbols in the town square constitute the "establishment" of a state religion, such as the Constitution plainly intended to prohibit.

Just as plainly though, there is nothing in our founding documents nor in our history to suggest that expressions of religious faith be banned from public display or excluded from public property. Modern notions to the contrary are the product not of law but rather of fear, prejudice, and some might suggest: guilt.

8 posted on 11/05/2010 1:02:48 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Thank the Evil Federal court invented Doctrine of Incorporation. It is the cause of all this lawlessness.

I am discussed by short sighted republicans that support this doctrine, which enables federal courts to arbitrarily impose their will upon the people and their States.


9 posted on 11/05/2010 3:17:43 PM PDT by Monorprise
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To: andy58-in-nh
". . . (N)or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"

Congress never passed a law that prohibits the exercise of religion. All of the fuss began when Scotus illegally made law via the Klansman Hugo Black in 1947 in Everson v. Board of Education, another 5-4 Leftist decision.

10 posted on 11/05/2010 4:06:25 PM PDT by Jacquerie (Someone can't be bribed if they aren't for sale. Jim Demint)
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