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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
Where is the unconstitutional "state church" created by the Pledge of Allegiance? I'd like to attend...

Nicely put. It makes one appear even more a moron who would object to the "under God" phrase for that reason.

15 posted on 07/04/2002 6:42:48 AM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: nicmarlo
Yep. The existence of God was never an issue in "established" churches controversies.

It was what divided Baptists from Anglicans, Anglicans from Congregationalists, Deists from Congregationalists, etc., etc. Primarily with the governing structure of the churches. Baptists would not want Anglican bishops running the show, etc. Keep in mind that Jefferson wrote that it was "self-evident" that people were endowed by their "Creator" with rights. More:

"Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths...?" – George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796

"Of all the dispositions and habits which least to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness - these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens." – Washington´s Farewell Address, 1796

"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." – John Adams, 1798

Gee, maybe the ACLU should write these guys a letter. [?]

16 posted on 07/04/2002 8:35:14 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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