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To: tpaine
As you well know the First Amendment reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Religion as defined by Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: 1) The service and worship of God or the supernatural, 2) commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance, 3) a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs and practices; 4) a cause, principle, or system of belief held to with ardor and faith.

Congress as defined by Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: The supreme legislative body of a nation and especially of a republic.

So now insert the definitions into the First Amendment and this is how it reads: The supreme legislative body of this nation shall make no law respecting an establishment of 1) The service and worship of God or the supernatural, 2) commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance, 3) a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs and practices; 4) a cause, principle, or system of belief held to with ardor and faith, or prohibiting the free exercise of 1) The service and worship of God or the supernatural, 2) commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance, 3) a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs and practices; 4) a cause, principle, or system of belief held to with ardor and faith; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

It would appear that only the misinformed could read the First Amendment any other way.

134 posted on 08/26/2003 5:04:54 PM PDT by garybob (More sweat in training, less blood in combat.)
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To: garybob
Nicely done. Thanks.


However the point at issue is the fact that all of the BOR's, [including the 1st], apply to all levels of fed/state/local governments.
Alan Keyes disagrees, and should know better.
140 posted on 08/26/2003 5:22:09 PM PDT by tpaine ( I'm trying to be Mr Nice Guy, but politics keep getting in me way. ArnieRino for Governator!)
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