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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: epicure who wrote (52265)7/4/2002 1:23:07 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Cracks in the pillar of separation

Mary Goulart
pompano beach
Posted July 1 2002

Too bad the media couldn't find anyone to
interview who learned the Pledge of Allegiance
to the flag in school prior to 1954. Most of us
applauded the decision by the federal appellate
court in California to declare unconstitutional
the words "under God" in our Pledge.

I guess I didn't read the paper that day in 1954
when those two words were inserted into our
Pledge. By then I had finished school and was
busy with activities that did not involve saying
the Pledge. The revision just slipped by me.

Then I moved South. My activities changed.
The Pledge topped most agendas -- the revised
Pledge. I thought it was just a Southern thing
and silently omitted the annoying religious
reference whenever the Pledge was said.

And I was annoyed. Separation of church and state is one of the
strongest pillars upon which our government rests. Many of our
ancestors fled to this country to escape religious persecution. Cracks
in this pillar have begun with minor religious references such as this
one in our Pledge. Too many cracks and the pillar will weaken and
crumble.

The phrase "faith-based" has been bandied about in some circles as
somehow desirable. A "faith-based" pillar to replace our "separation of
church and state" pillar? Those who don't understand this ruling need
a lesson in what can happen to a country ruled by a faith-based
government. They should look at what happened to Afghanistan under
the "faith-based" Taliban rule. Didn't they learn anything?

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