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To: allmendream

“Henry II of England was long before Henry VIII; a cursory knowledge of history and a basic understanding of numbers should have informed you of that salient fact”

I know that quite well. I made a mistake in reading because (a) I was in a hurry to meet a deadline, and (b) I can’t afford new glasses.

“Please provide a source for your contention that Thomas Jefferson thought that a husband and wife pleasuring each other with their mouths should be outlawed.”

Oh, I’m sorry. I thought we were arguing in good faith.

Surely such a knowledgeable chap as yourself must know all about the code of laws Jefferson penned.

“By citing Jefferson one must assume that you DO think that such a law is compatible with limited government.”

Of course it is. I said earlier that I wasn’t sure we wanted to do that, not that we couldn’t.

“Worshiping Satan is sufficiently harmful. Do you propose that it should be outlawed.”

Absolutely.

“Do you think doing so is compatible with a nation of religious freedom?”

Religious freedom applies to those who worship God, not to every whacko cult that comes down the pike. A nutball hodgepodge doesn’t become a legitimate religion just because some barking moonbat calls it one.


86 posted on 01/29/2010 6:18:25 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc
People are FREE to worship whatever damn fool idea comes into their head, and they are free to talk about that idea and try to convince people of it.

So no source. Thomas Jefferson wasn't exactly a puritan, and as something of a heretic in his religious beliefs I am not sure I am willing to accept him as some sort of absolute moral authority in any case.

If you think such laws that determine what someone can and cannot worship and what practices are forbidden between a husband and wife in the bedroom are consistent with the notion of a government of limited authority and the absolute freedom of conscience of the people; I simply do not know what to tell you other than that your ideas are anathema to what Thomas Jefferson proposed.

92 posted on 01/29/2010 10:00:36 PM PST by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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