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To: FreeTheHostages
If you want to change it, you have to amend the Constitution

You mean amend it back to its original intent?

Very easy! We don't have to change a word. We simply ratify a new Establishment Clause modeled word-for-word after the existing version.

And if that's the case, why are we amending it at all?

I cannot believe the depth and breadth of stupidity and ignorance on the history of this particular issue. It is absolutely mind-boggling.

100 posted on 07/01/2003 4:19:21 PM PDT by Kevin Curry
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To: Kevin Curry
I cannot believe the depth and breadth of stupidity and ignorance on the history of this particular issue. It is absolutely mind-boggling.

James Madison, principal drafter of the First Amendment, thought that it prohibited Congress from hiring chaplains, and the President from proclaiming Thanksgiving Day. His thoughts on the subject are here.

104 posted on 07/01/2003 4:33:19 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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