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To: CecilRhodesGhost
A Sacramento father who filed this suit didn't like the forced pledge. He is an American citizen who felt his rights were being infringed upon. He took his case to court. He followed the US judicial system. He won the case.

Yeah? Well I'm sick of these Athiests forcing THEIR religion down MY thoat. It is a religion with them, they go out and evangelize, they don't allow people of other religions the freedom to practice, it is a religion and they are trying to impose it on the entire country.

289 posted on 06/26/2002 12:13:06 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: McGavin999
Well I'm sick of these Athiests forcing THEIR religion down MY thoat. It is a religion with them, they go out and evangelize, they don't allow people of other religions the freedom to practice, it is a religion and they are trying to impose it on the entire country.

Don't think it has ever been used against them but the Supreme Court did say Secular Humanism is a religion. Believe the case was Torcaso v. Watkins. We could, in theory, turn this back on them and kick out all the healy feely garbage they teach in government schools.

988 posted on 06/26/2002 2:19:32 PM PDT by LarryLied
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To: McGavin999
Yeah? Well I'm sick of these Athiests forcing THEIR religion down MY thoat. It is a religion with them, they go out and evangelize, they don't allow people of other religions the freedom to practice, it is a religion and they are trying to impose it on the entire country.

But they aren't forcing their religion down your throat. Merely removing your religion from their throat. You are still free to practice your religion as you see fit. Simply put, Athiests and other non-monotheists don't wish to have their tax dollars support monotheistic practices. On the same note, you don't like your tax dollars supporting abortion clinics (which is why W killed the funding to clinics which perform abortions). Quid Pro Quo, it's the same darned thing.

You can still say the pledge with all your religious fervor...but now the athiests & non-monotheists can say it with full patriotic fervor.

* Restore the Pledge to it's pre-Eisenhower condition of representing ALL Americans! *

1,386 posted on 06/27/2002 12:39:55 PM PDT by hinj
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