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Making liberty lemonade from atheist lemons
RenewAmerica.com ^ | November 18, 2013 | Matt Barber

Posted on 11/19/2013 4:08:50 PM PST by James R. Aist

In a recent FoxNews.com editorial, Dr. Robert Jeffress, pastor of the 11,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas, Tex., summed up quite nicely what's gone wrong with America's church-state jurisprudence: "Activist judges have replaced the word 'Congress' with 'government,' 'establishment' with 'endorsement,' and 'religion' with 'Christianity,'" he writes, "so that they can eradicate any Christian expression from the public square at the local, state, or national level."

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TOPICS: Current Events; History; Prayer; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: atheist; firstamendment; prayer; religiousfreedom
Can local governing bodies open every session with prayer? The Establishment Clause refers specifically to "Congress", not other governing bodies.
1 posted on 11/19/2013 4:08:51 PM PST by James R. Aist
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To: James R. Aist

Exactly. The clause says nothing of state and local governments.


2 posted on 11/19/2013 4:11:32 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: Viennacon
The clause says nothing of state and local governments.

Originally, none of the Bill of Rights applied to the states, but the Fourteenth Amendment changed that.

3 posted on 11/19/2013 4:39:05 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

The amendment that gave us Roe v. Wade. Almost as bad as Prohibition.


4 posted on 11/19/2013 4:41:58 PM PST by Viennacon
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