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To: xm177e2
by "historical documents," are you including informal correspondence between the framers?

Yes, especially since that's where the liberals get the letter to misinterpret a "separation of church and state" from.

Some of the most important framers weren't even Christians, which might be why our Republic has survived for so long

Well don't stop there, please explain.
47 posted on 07/05/2004 3:34:37 PM PDT by Vision (Always Faithful)
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To: Vision
Well don't stop there, please explain.

If they had all been Christians, they might have done something foolish like declare this country to be a "Christian nation." And that would have been a bad thing. It would have been bad for democracy (who would be allowed free speech? Only Christians? Who would be allowed to run for office? Only Christians? Would we have a national church with official prayers? etc.)

50 posted on 07/05/2004 3:37:01 PM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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