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To: Lurking Libertarian
More legislation from the bench. Clearly the 1st amendment is for protecting individual rights, not the rights of the non-entity Govt!

The separation of church and state doctrine was invented in 1947 in the Everson ruling under Hugo Black. There is no mention of this in the Constitution or the Constitutional convention, and the nation thrived for 175 years before 1947 - precedent and the Constitution militates against this legal usurpation.

Let it be known that this metaphor was extracted from a letter by Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists, who, (now ironically) - were worried about persecution from the govt! Jefferson was a full supporter of the Christian faith and attended services in the CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS! He invited the Marine Corps band to play worship! Some separation!

398 posted on 07/02/2003 8:06:50 AM PDT by exmarine
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To: exmarine
There is a difference between separation, on one hand, and the state favoring one religion over others, on the other hand. Surely you do not approve of the latter.
400 posted on 07/02/2003 8:10:22 AM PDT by lugsoul
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