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To: Servant of the 9

"There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation...
... the "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned." -- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, William Rehnquist


14 posted on 11/02/2005 7:14:21 AM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1 (Lock-n-load!)
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

Funny, William Rehnquist telling us that Jefferson didn't actually mean what Jefferson said he meant.


18 posted on 11/02/2005 7:24:29 AM PST by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
"There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation...
... the "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned."
-- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, William Rehnquist

I have no objection to teaching religion in public schools, I just object to teaching it as science.

So9

34 posted on 11/02/2005 8:07:13 AM PST by Servant of the 9 (Trust Me)
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