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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: i-node who wrote (163008)3/5/2003 5:32:24 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) of 1576037
 
>No. Not objectively; rather, only if you redefine it (church & state) to suit your individual needs (in which case, who needs a Constitution, anyway?) can you conclude that the Constitution would ban the use of the word "god" in the Pledge. I submit that the Founding Fathers are the absolute authority on what is and is not a violation of church and state; consequently, when they use the term "god" extensively throughout the organization of the nation, it is a prima facie case that such use does not violate any of the fundamental principles on which the nation was organized.

But the argument is not whether or not it's in the Pledge, it's whether or not, if it is in the Pledge, a public school teacher can lead the Pledge in the classroom.

>Not to worry; there isn't a snowballs chance in hell (or, where ever) that the Supreme Court is going to deny cert or to uphold this decision.

Not under this administration, anyway.

-Z
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