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To: risk
Nowhere in any of our state constitutions or our federal constitution does it declare that we are a Judeo-Christian nation,

You do realize that some original state's constitutions required that representatives were regular attending Christians, don't you?

49 posted on 04/15/2005 7:57:25 PM PDT by Raycpa
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Yes, and some precluded Catholics (see the Know-Nothing movement). The most important founding fathers felt that Virginia was the model. They couldn't influence all of them, nor could their views of slavery be held consistent. In other words, the federal constitution was best, and the others were either close to it, or were open to criticism as failing to meet its standards.
51 posted on 04/15/2005 8:10:34 PM PDT by risk
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Raycpa wrote:

You do realize that some original state's constitutions required that representatives were regular attending Christians, don't you?

You do realize that the US Constitution [Art. VI] required that "no religious test" be required for such State offices, don't you?

82 posted on 04/15/2005 9:00:59 PM PDT by P_A_I
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