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To: panthermom
No where in the Constitution does it say that there should be a Separation of Church and State. That was taken from a letter from Benjamin Franklin...

Actually the phrase come from Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists. Of course it was taken out of context. He referred to Government not interfering with the Churches. Not to the Churches influencing the government.

he concluded thus:

I reciprocate your kind prayers for the protection & blessing of the common father and creator of man, and tender you for yourselves & your religious association, assurances of my high respect & esteem.

Which would be very strange way for a President to conclude a letter if he believed that Government should be completely free of religious influence.

Interestingly the draft of that letter has "recently" been found , and it paints a somewhat different picture of Jefferson's opinion on "separation of Church and State" than the Courts have adopted.

286 posted on 05/15/2010 10:23:43 PM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato; Lmo56; BP2; little jeremiah; MHGinTN; RegulatorCountry; bushpilot1; Uncle Chip; ...
So Mr. Rogers, what citizenship did Obama inherit from his father?



A LAW DICTIONARY

ADAPTED TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OF THE SEVERAL STATES OF THE AMERICAN UNION

by John Bouvier

Revised Sixth Edition, 1856


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Ummmmm Ms. Rogers, do you see where it says in highlighted below, that "Natives who are citizens are the children of citizens"? That's the same as natural born citizens.

You do remember the countless times you have been told that all natural born citizen are native BUT NOT all natives are natural born - right?

You'll also notice highlighted that aliens born in the US of A can be natives but they are not citizens. Can you connect the dots from here Ms. Rogers?



291 posted on 05/15/2010 10:47:24 PM PDT by Red Steel
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