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Politics : High Tolerance Plasticity
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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (22107)11/3/2004 12:40:03 PM
From: bull_derrick  Read Replies (1) of 23153
 
The concept of separation of church and state is not a constitutional right. In fact, it's not to be found in the Constitution anywhere. An activist court resorted to a letter written by Jefferson to a Baptist church in Danbury Ct to contrive a constitutional basis. In that letter, Jefferson assured the Baptists that there would be no state appointed denomination, like the Lutheran church is in Germany or the Anglican church in England. This contrived "right" has been used to remove ten commandments from courthouses and modify government seals to deny basic heritage from our country, as if it never existed in the first place. Atheism through litigation was never the basis of the letter to the Danbury Baptists and it shows the danger of activism from the judiciary.

I'm quite happy to see a court that goes back to interpreting law, rather than making it. My hope is that we get more judges that do just that. If people have problems with their "rights" under that scenario, they can contact their elected officials to change the laws to embrace those rights that they'd want protected. Because the legislature and the executive branch are accountable to the people through elections, this is where rights should properly be established
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