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News flash: No place for God in court (9th Circuit judge changes his name)
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 07/03/2002
| Jerry Gervase
Posted on 07/03/2002 9:50:33 AM PDT by Pokey78
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:40:27 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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In a move to demonstrate his seriousness about declaring the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alfred T. Goodwin will change his name to Alfred Not-so-bad-win.
"Too many people subscribe to the notion that God is Good," the judge said. "So to maintain true separation of church and state it behooves me to change my name to set a good example. Keeping my name as it is may be construed as a further endorsement of religion."
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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: 9thcircuit; goodwin; humor; law; sanfrancisco
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posted on
07/03/2002 9:50:33 AM PDT
by
Pokey78
To: Pokey78
LOL!
To: Pokey78
This is a spoof, of course. But it may be incumbent on the court-watchers to determine if Judge Goodwin may be suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's syndrome. His basic good sense does seem to be impaired.
To: Pokey78
"Win" is politically incorrect, because that means someone loses and that hurts their self-esteem. He needs to change his name to "Not-so-bad-tie". Everyone's equal with a tie.
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posted on
07/03/2002 10:09:43 AM PDT
by
Kermit
To: Kermit
I don't know, I've seen some pretty awful ties.
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posted on
07/03/2002 10:11:26 AM PDT
by
Dimensio
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To: Pokey78
How can a pledge which is a form of speech be unconstitutional under the 1st Amendment?
To: Pokey78
"Besides, farewell is very close to Falwell, and we don't want to go there, do we?"
LOL! What the hell?
To: Pokey78
LOL! I wonder if Jerry Gervase does any freelancing for The Onion?
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posted on
07/03/2002 10:25:13 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
To: Pokey78
...GOODWIN = REINHARDT Mouthpiece...
...REINHARDT = Friend of HILLARY...
....HILLARY = The Enemy Within...
To: RAT Patrol
Just put a tail and horns on this judge and he will be in place for what he is.
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posted on
07/03/2002 10:29:58 AM PDT
by
Texbob
To: Pokey78
When asked what the difference was between natural ability and God-given talent, the doctor said the question was unreasonable and not valid in any discussion among enlightened people, referring any further questions to the ninth circuit court. There's the giveaway. Typical lefty-wacko "argument". Their innate superiority places tham above justifying their self-contradictory beliefs. What supreme arrogance.
Glad he's no my doctor.
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posted on
07/03/2002 10:59:44 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
To: ALOHA RONNIE
GOODWIN = REINHARDT Mouthpiece...
Goodwin is a Lucky Strike?
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posted on
07/03/2002 11:49:10 AM PDT
by
Skooz
To: truth_session
How can a pledge which is a form of speech be unconstitutional under the 1st Amendment?Oh, so that's what the pledge is. I thought it was a brand of furniture polish, silly me!
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Well...
To: *San FRancisco; GodBlessAmerica; Cool Guy; CounterCounterCulture; deeel-me-in; Golden Gate; ...
A little "ping-win" summertime humor break. : )
To: Pokey78
Next up, the 9th Circus Court of Ape Eels rules that high school Spanish textbooks can no longer contain the word
"Adios". In his ruling, Judge Goodwin opined that saying "Adios" is unconstitutional, since the word literally means "to God".
High school Spanish textbook publishers must now replace the offending word with a religion neutral term like "avacas", "to cows", or "aputas", "to street walkers...."
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Great argument. You must be a college Professor.
To: Skooz
...LSMFT =
...LUCKY STRIKES Means...
...Fine Tobacco...
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Get it? Django Reinhardt? Mouthpiece? uhh.....nevermind. :)
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posted on
07/04/2002 8:46:30 AM PDT
by
Skooz
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