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To: Maelstrom
Why is lying under oath to the judiciary so important? Because it is a catch-all that inoculates the President from any and all crimes he may commit. "Genocide of millions? I didn't do it." ...and when found to be a lie...gets away with it.

Pure sophistry.
It's the genocide that is the crime in the first place.

Here's a shocker for you... ...Agreeing with Rush Limbaugh does not make you a conservative. There are underlying principles that create the obverse situation... I never claimed to be a disciple of conservativism. I have my personal views for my personal reasons, and that's that. My whole point was that I'm not even sure what being a "conservative" means. I like President Bush and in my neck of California that not only makes me a "conservative" but a bad person as well.

I live in the Bay Area, as I said before, and I can tell you from first hand experience, liberals are shrill, hateful, cynical people. Hence why defeating them at the polls and destroying their party is my main priority.

Here's another shocker...saying the word "God" are part of a Pledge of Allegiance, or putting it on a public building dosn't establish any religion.

Go and re-read the 1st Amendment. This may come as a shocker to you yourself, but it does not say "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of a religion."
It in fact says "...the establishment of religion." See the difference?
The intent is that Congress shall not respect religion as an establishment. In other words, Congress is to REMAIN SILENT on all things religious.

Have you given any consideration to the exclusion of millions of Americans who worship multiple gods, such as hindus, or those who worship no god at all, such as Taoists, Bhuddists, and atheists? What about the native americans who worship many spirits?

This is what we call religious persecution. Plain and simple. The idea that atheists represent only 10% of the population so its ok to discriminate against them is truely unamerican. Jews are a mere 2% of the population, and blacks are only 12.7%. Such logic would surely legitimize discrimination against these 2 minorities as well.

298 posted on 08/12/2003 5:37:40 PM PDT by DrMartinVonNostrand
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To: DrMartinVonNostrand
{What about the native americans who worship many spirits?}

Native Americans, by and large, worship God. The majority are Catholic, though both the Mormons and the Baptists are making strong inroads. Please don’t let Disney describe the beliefs of a people.
303 posted on 08/12/2003 5:44:03 PM PDT by kingu
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To: DrMartinVonNostrand
The intent is that Congress shall not respect religion as an establishment.

LOL.

In other words, Congress is to REMAIN SILENT on all things religious.

Again, LOL. The Constitution requires neutrality not SILENCE. Karl Marx and Josef Stalin required SILENCE.

307 posted on 08/12/2003 5:51:27 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: DrMartinVonNostrand
The intent is that Congress shall not respect religion as an establishment

I agree, that is the liberals' intent now.

But that was not the founders' intent at all. You have to beat the hell out of that sentence to come up with "Congress shall not respect religion" as its meaning.

341 posted on 08/12/2003 6:26:50 PM PDT by hellinahandcart
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