To: Mockingbird For Short
You're simply denying the clear words of the framers, 'rad'. Our government cannot respect/support the various 'establishments' [precepts/dogmas/teachings] of religions.
I can't believe my eyes. Look up "respecting." (Hint: It means "regarding," "having to do with.") ...and "establishment." (Hint: It means "officially recognized or instituted.")
Our government cannot respect/support/have anything to do with the various 'establishments' [offically recognized precepts/dogmas/teachings] of religions.
373 posted on
10/01/2004 4:19:04 PM PDT by
tpaine
(No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another. - T. Jefferson)
To: tpaine
It says congress shall make no law respecting "AN establishment of religion" meaning a national church. State churches were not prohibited. You changed the wording earlier to reflect your lies and exposed yourself as a fraud.
376 posted on
10/01/2004 4:23:28 PM PDT by
Tailgunner Joe
("Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people." - John Adams)
To: tpaine
Our government cannot respect/support/have anything to do with the various 'establishments' [offically recognized precepts/dogmas/teachings] of religions. != What is the source of your definition for Amendment 1 (which, in reality, says: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise therof;...")?
393 posted on
10/01/2004 4:40:27 PM PDT by
Mockingbird For Short
("God and George W. Bush, a Spiritual Life" by Paul Kengor--- a great read.)
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