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To: NYer

This will hit not just the Roman Catholic Church, it will his all Denominations where church property is owned by an extra-parish juridical authority — like the Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Church.

In the end, it will fail. It is a direct violation of the 1st Amendment. Attempts have been made to circumvent it before — particularly in the UMC — and the case history is entirely against this kind of intrusion.


5 posted on 03/09/2009 10:39:42 AM PDT by TexasGreg ("Democrats Piss Me Off")
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To: TexasGreg

I knew the libs would abandon “Separation of Church and State” as soon as they could. They are now attempting to take charge of the church and convert it to liberalism and to “whatever sin you like”.


7 posted on 03/09/2009 10:56:43 AM PDT by sr4402
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To: TexasGreg

I hope it will fail. I think there is probably enough opposition to it so that it won’t pass - this time. But it’s the opening salvo, and they’ll keep going until they get it, just as they did with gay “marriage.” I would hope it would then be found unconstitutional, but I don’t even have much confidence in that anymore.


10 posted on 03/09/2009 12:44:39 PM PDT by livius
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