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To: UncleJeff
Under the First Amendment, anyone is free to exercise practically any religious belief they choose; they may not use the power of Government to impose it on anyone else. What's so complicated about the concept??

Because this court just codified a state religion. Atheism.

39 posted on 06/27/2002 12:23:30 AM PDT by Texasforever
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To: Texasforever
Re #39

Good post..I was gonna comment how the minority once again snookered it's way into the "majority" via liberal courts..but you did a much better job.

God, Country, Corps BUMP

49 posted on 06/27/2002 12:33:26 AM PDT by Michael Barnes
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To: Texasforever
How so?? Nothing in this ruling prevents anybody from practicing any religion, it just says you can't use Government power and money to make children recite a Pledge that includes an assertion that one monotheistic religion has primacy over all other belief systems. While I understand that the majority of folks here are Christian,(and I have my Nomex BVDs on) not everybody is. A single public school class may well have adherents of Islam, Buddism, Native Americans, Hindus and Athiests, as well as Christians, in it. There is no legal justification, or practical reason, to force those kids to recite The Pledge as modified in 1954. Simply dropping the two words added by Congress would still allow patriotism and respect for the Flag, and what it stands for, to be instilled in kids without offending anyone's religious sensibilities.

If the Constitution doesn't protect all of us it doesn't protect any of us.

64 posted on 06/27/2002 12:47:49 AM PDT by UncleJeff
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To: Texasforever; unix
Under the First Amendment, anyone is free to exercise practically any religious belief they choose; they may not use the power of Government to impose it on anyone else. What's so complicated about the concept??

Because this court just codified a state religion. Atheism.

Hail #39 INDEED!!! IF WE ARE FORCED TO WORSHIP THOSE BASTARDS, THEN THEY CAN GO TO HELLLL!!! Time for revenge.


86 posted on 06/27/2002 1:00:49 AM PDT by lavaroise
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