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Prayer Nixed at Rite for Victims
Madison.com via AP ^
| September 22, 2007
| Staff Writer @ AP
Posted on 09/23/2007 2:48:19 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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This woman is a menace, preying on families and bilking her non-profit status for a HUGE salary for herself, her husband and her MOTHER who started Freedom FROM Religion way back when.
Grifters. Every last one of them.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
“state-sponsored event”
Why is the state paying for a funeral?
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posted on
09/23/2007 2:49:47 PM PDT
by
Brilliant
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I would be all over that watchdog group and the you know whats like flies to dung.
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posted on
09/23/2007 2:51:28 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(May the eagles long fly over our beautiful and free American sky.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Again, a misinterpretation of the Constitution for the benefit of the godless.
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posted on
09/23/2007 2:54:12 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Tracking The Flyin' Imams Since 11/20/06)
To: Brilliant
It shouldn’t matter whether it’s state-sponsered or not.
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posted on
09/23/2007 2:54:48 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(May the eagles long fly over our beautiful and free American sky.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
"We certainly wouldn't want to have an appearance of a potential church-state violation overshadow the event." They did already. The government isn't allowed to rule against religion.
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posted on
09/23/2007 2:56:43 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: Diana in Wisconsin
These leftists will be in for a big surprise shortly after they croak.
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posted on
09/23/2007 2:57:07 PM PDT
by
vetsvette
(Bring Him Back)
To: freekitty
It does because if it were not sponsored by the state, then no one would have a legal right to complain other than the non-state sponsor, and it would not be an issue.
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posted on
09/23/2007 2:57:26 PM PDT
by
Brilliant
To: Diana in Wisconsin
ANYONE who can deny grieving families, prayer, is lower than scum.
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posted on
09/23/2007 2:57:43 PM PDT
by
gidget7
( Vote for the Arsenal of Democracy, because America RUNS on Duncan!)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
09/23/2007 3:01:25 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I’m still trying to find the “Freedom From Religion” clause in the Constitution.
Am I just being a bit thick? I just can’t find it.
Freedom of Religion I found, but am still looking for the “Wall”.
Your thoughts?
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posted on
09/23/2007 3:02:21 PM PDT
by
gaemes
To: Diana in Wisconsin
What, really, is “separation of church and state”?
The phrase appears nowhere in the Constitution or any of the Amendments. The only reference that has to do with religion at all, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”, is found as part of the First Amendment.
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posted on
09/23/2007 3:04:19 PM PDT
by
alloysteel
(As Commander in Chief, who would treat the Secret Service with the most respect?)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
What would happen should ‘spontaneous’ Hymns, etc erupt, long, loud, energetic, ect? Arrests?
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posted on
09/23/2007 3:06:06 PM PDT
by
dbacks
(I forgot to pay the rent on my tagline.)
To: Brilliant
I thought that’s what I was saying.
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posted on
09/23/2007 3:06:20 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(May the eagles long fly over our beautiful and free American sky.)
To: Brilliant
The original colonies allowed for individual state religious identity. This is obviously a long stretchy.
Call their bluff.
Go ahead with the hymns and prayers. I would like to see the cops arrest these mourners.
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posted on
09/23/2007 3:06:37 PM PDT
by
ChiMark
To: Diana in Wisconsin
A classic example of how these groups get their way, mere threats cause dish rag officials to run for cover. Wisconsin should be proud of its cowardly Attorney General. He has disgraced the state and is a pitiful example of worthless bureaucrats.
Meanwhile, hell awaits that woman.
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posted on
09/23/2007 3:19:37 PM PDT
by
Bulldawg Fan
(Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
To: ChiMark
an appearance of a potential church-state violation
Translation: Ban all religious acts in public so that the State isn’t seen as supporting religion
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posted on
09/23/2007 3:20:42 PM PDT
by
tbw2
(Science fiction with real science - "Humanity's Edge" by Tamara Wilhite)
To: ChiMark
The more interesting question to me is that if you do not believe in God, what is the point of having a ceremony at all for the dead? The very decision to hold a ceremony is, in itself, acknowledgement of the devine.
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posted on
09/23/2007 3:22:06 PM PDT
by
lafroste
(gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
To: Diana in Wisconsin
"Since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained: And since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people."
George Washington, 1st Inaugural Address
These constant assaults on any hint of religion in any public function are based upon the LIE that the 1st Amendment was intended to eradicate all aspects of religion from every area of public life. Nothing could be further from the truth. While nearly all of the founders a fairly ecumenical or even "deistic" outlook toward doctrinal disputes within the Judaeo-Christian tradition, the never imagined that the 1st Amendment could be misused he way it has been distorted in recent decades. The founders commonly invoked prayer and the deity in public speeches and writings -- they simply did not want any ONE Christian sect elevated as the official national, establishment church as had been done in Europe (and as had been done in most of the COLONIES they grew up in). Indeed, most of the colonies had an official established church AT THE TIME of the adoption of the 1st Amendment. They simply didn't want such a policy on the national level.
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posted on
09/23/2007 3:40:08 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Current Democrat war-fighting motto: "bleat, cheat, defeat, and retreat")
To: ChiMark
With you 100% on this one! Constitution says freedom of religion not freedom from religion. Time for a little civil disobedience here.
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posted on
09/23/2007 3:41:09 PM PDT
by
Issaquahking
(N.H. FNC Debate "What did you do for America today?" Duncan Hunter for President!)
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