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I have a question for the "separation of church and state" people for which no one has yet been able to give an adequate answer: Why is it that prayer in school was not in dispute for the first ~200 years of our republic (till 1962)? PRECEDENT supports prayer in school, but gives no constitutional justification for the ruling in 1962. So much for precedent!

I have a question for the "In God We Trust" people for which no one has yet been able to give an adequate answer: Why is it that the legality of slavery was not in dispute for the first ~70 years of our republic (till 1862)? PRECEDENT supports slavery, but gives no constitutional justification for the war in 1862. So much for precedent!

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I have a question for the "In God We Trust" people for which no one has yet been able to give an adequate answer: Why is it that the legality of slavery was not in dispute for the first ~70 years of our republic (till 1862)? PRECEDENT supports slavery, but gives no constitutional justification for the war in 1862. So much for precedent!

See my post 3770 for your answer. Who said it wasn't in dispute? It certainly was! Heard of the Missouri Compromise of 1820? How about the Compromise of 1850? How about the Northwest Ordnance from 1790 (all concerned slavery)!