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To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
I'm troubled by one critical omission in all this "war against Christianity" dialogue: the absence of an agenda for change. Christians site dozens of examples of how war is being waged against them, but they never say what changes they'd make in order to feel less oppressed. For instance, would Christians feel less threatened if a Christian Minister led all public school children in prayer once every morning? Should the Bible be required reading? Should the Ten Commandments be a required display in every court room? Should politicians take an oath of some sort, which indicates that they are not an atheist?

So, Christians, what's your specific list of changes you want in order to feel less oppressed by those nasty Liberals? Maybe in seeing such a list, I'd better understand your position.
14 posted on 10/06/2003 2:35:22 PM PDT by Sonnyw (Religious Crossfire Hits...The World)
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To: Sonnyw
Federal Courts in general, SCOTUS in particular, need to comply with the Constitution.
15 posted on 10/06/2003 3:41:47 PM PDT by Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
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To: Sonnyw
"For instance, would Christians feel less threatened if a Christian Minister led all public school children in prayer once every morning? Should the Bible be required reading?"

Of course we can't have a Christian minister lead public school children in prayer, nor can we require that public school students read the bible. However, Christian parents who are not happy with their public schools can pull their kids out and take the initiative and start their own Christian schools, which is exactly what happened in my brother's California town when Christian kids were snubbed by the local public schools.
16 posted on 10/06/2003 3:57:56 PM PDT by ladylib
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To: Sonnyw
Christian students can also go to court:

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-scotus-bible-club,0,4536246.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

The much maligned 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (will wonders never cease?)agreed with the students and the school district appealed to the Supreme Court and lost.

It's all about being proactive.
17 posted on 10/06/2003 4:04:43 PM PDT by ladylib
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To: Sonnyw
Just let my Mom and her friends go back to taking turns leading a lunchtime prayer at the local Senior Citizen's center. They have been banned from doing this for a year due to one of many endless government regulations.

That's for starters.
18 posted on 10/06/2003 4:21:16 PM PDT by MissouriForBush
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To: Sonnyw
Well for starters, simply refraining from continually and viciously harrassing Christians would be a good start.

Christianity-bashing is the biggest, and the only politically correct approved, form of hate-filled bigotry in America.

It was Jews in 1934 Germany, and it's Chritians in 2003 America. The fetid hatred now is driven by exactly the same type of people back then. All they need is to find their Hitler, and they can open up the ovens for business.
26 posted on 10/09/2003 6:48:13 PM PDT by HighWheeler
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To: Sonnyw
You want a list of what we want. Just make a list of what has been banned. Same list. Stop banning Christianity from the public. Treat the Christian American traditions of Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving as just that. Historic revision and political correctness are lies.

But in all that is and will be, we are told to expect just what is happening, though we are remiss to let is slide.
28 posted on 10/09/2003 8:32:55 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Are you saying our founding fathers wrote the 2nd Amendment for sporting purposes?><BCC>)
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