Posted on 06/26/2002 11:48:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
That is the key battle. Right there. The Great Rushmore Hiker, Daschle, who is senator of a state that voted for Bush, is supporting judges so perverse that people wouldn't leave their kids alone with them.
I read one court battle. A judge allowed a burglar to win a lawsuit. The burglar broke a window and snuck into a house. He got cut pretty badly. The judge apparently believes that we should make windows out of safer material than glass so we don't injure any more burglars because the burglar won the lawsuit. This is the kind of bozo that Daschle is supporting.
A judge appointed in 1971 when the Senate was 54 demorats, 44 Republicans, 1 independent, and 1 Conservative.
Your ignorance of the inner machinations of how Judicial process works is showing. Also since this Judge has been livng for 30 years in San Francisco where the atmosphere is all liberal all the time probably has something to do with it, IMHO.
Requiring children in a public school to recite the Pledge, as modified in 1954, does.
Our problem is spiritual, not political. The answer is found in all of us returning to a Bible Based Christianity.
We have reached a time in our country that we have never been in probably, one where the immoral outnumber the moral. We would have leaders that honored God if the people honored God. Something as simple as the repitition of a phrase like the PLEDGE OF ALLIEGENCE becoming illegal in our nation, that is only a symptom of the greater problem, and that problem is that we as a nation are not the Christians we fool ourselves into thinking we are.
That is our true reality, that is what we must wake up to. Our fate is in God's hands. That is where we need to turn.
In other words you do not have a smoking gun here. Modern eyes construe the excerpt, especially out of context, quite differently from the way that Thomas Jefferson himself did.
I sincerely do not know if it is used by those who don't know or those who want to deceive.
Jefferson signed into law a bill giving land to missionaries. He rode in his carriage up to the Hill for full Sunday services in the House of Representatives. He wanted religion to flourish. He never wanted religion out of the public square. That is what the first amendment was all about. It was an antitrust act of sorts. No Federal religion could be established. That way hundreds of different faiths could flourish.
I simply do not understand your side. There is no basis for what you contend. Zero. None. Nada.
And for over 150 years there was no separation of church and state. Religious oaths for public office weren't knocked down by SCOTUS until the 1960s.
All I can figure is some have such a deep hostility to Christianity, that they are willing to prostitute their intellect to pretend history is not history and the constitution does not say what it clearly says.
Those people should be aware that this has little to do with religion. It has everything to do with liberty.
I don't care if Muslims want to pray in school (well I do care but not in a legal sense). They have that right. So do Sikhs, Jews and anyone else.
Be aware, your twisting of the constitution, you reliance on fiat judicial ruling can come back to bite. It always does. Trust the people to do what is right. Trust in liberty. Do not trust unelected judges. Do not applaud a judicial ruling censoring the speech of others because you don't like what they say. You could be next.
Solomon was referring to arrogant pride. This is clearly it. The liberal courts messed up. I forsee the very outrage you are hoping for.
Perhaps the courts should take 'God' out of the Constitution? Any reference from God could be removed? Wouldn't that be an interesting idea. And it makes about as much sense.
It takes away our freedom of speech and religion. That is how. And next month they will chip away a little more, then a little more. Liberals never stop. We have 100 years of history to prove that. The goal of liberals is a society where all which is not prohibited is mandatory.
We need a new frog.
When Jo-Lo and Britany get upset over this, something may happen until then, the waters just getting hotter.
BTW, I'll still heed you call to action.
Better to light a candle then curse the darkness.
Private and parochial schools can also be liberal (as I know from personal experience). Conservative schools can be found, but don't automatically make the mistake and asssume they're conservative (as I did). Instead of having them interview you to assess YOUR suitability, you should interview the school to assess THEIR suitability. Find out if they share your conservative values.
I don't need pandering punk politicians to tell me what America is "under". Now or in 1954.
This is one reason why I support Robert Bork's proposal to amend the constitution such that Congress -- the most direct representatives of the people -- may, by a supermajority vote of both houses, nullify any court ruling.
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