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To: WackyKat
Nonsense. The government should take no position on religion-complete neutrality

In that case, why are the courts erasing Christianity from the public sphere - their 50 year ongoing crusade to erase Christian symbols and faith? If the people in a community want the 10 commandments in their courthouse, who is the tyrnat in a black robe to say they can't? The 1st amendment says "Congress shall make no law..." Does a county courthouse = Congress? Does the 10 commandments = "making law"? huh?

226 posted on 11/13/2003 10:36:25 AM PST by exmarine (sic semper tyrannis)
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To: exmarine
Can you imagine if the Mormons tried setting up a state like Utah today??? They'd be tossed in jail and replaced by 9 circuit perverts who would make Salt Lake City, San Francisco by the Lake.
231 posted on 11/13/2003 10:38:23 AM PST by Porterville (Grow some leather or go away.)
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To: exmarine
The 1st amendment says "Congress shall make no law..." Does a county courthouse = Congress?

That's what the US Supreme Court has said.

The Fourteenth Amendment incorporated the First Amendment to the states.

237 posted on 11/13/2003 10:40:50 AM PST by george wythe
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To: exmarine
In that case, why are the courts erasing Christianity from the public sphere
They are not. They are saying that government may not promote specific beliefs. Government is not all of "society" or even "the public sphere", not by a long shot.

-Eric

247 posted on 11/13/2003 10:43:56 AM PST by E Rocc
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