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To: PatrickHenry; CarolinaGuitarman
"This is the official founding document for the Massachusetts colony: The Charter of New England :1620.

Second sentence of this document clearly states...

"We according to our princely Inclination, favouring much their worthy Disposition, in Hope thereby to advance the in Largement of Christian Religion, to the Glory of God Almighty, as also by that Meanes to streatch out the Bounds of our Dominions, and to replenish those Deserts with People governed by Lawes and Magistrates, for the peaceable Commerce of all, that in time to come shall have occasion to traffique into those Territoryes, granted unto Sir Thomas Gates,
433 posted on 04/27/2006 6:31:18 PM PDT by DocRock
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To: DocRock

"Second sentence of this document clearly states..."

The Charter of New England is not a founding document of the USA either. It's the founding document of a British colony.


435 posted on 04/27/2006 6:35:50 PM PDT by CarolinaGuitarman ("There is grandeur in this view of life....")
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To: DocRock
Second sentence of this document clearly states...

Yes, it does. And the Constitution of the United States clearly states:

Article VI, Clause 3: The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
The First Amendment is icing on the cake:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ...
So I guess you've got a bit of a conflict going. Whatcha gonna do? Support the Constitution, or a royal charter from 1620?
436 posted on 04/27/2006 6:38:00 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Unresponsive to trolls, lunatics, fanatics, retards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
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