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To: Grainne who wrote (70545)	1/4/2000 12:59:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. As has been noted, the Bill of Rights eventually was applied to the states. Everything hinges on what can be construed as the establishment of religion. For example, even now the military provides chaplains, and the Senate has one as well, and they are deemed, as of this moment, constitutional. On the other hand, the use of public funds for aid to a physically handicapped youngster who attended parochial school was denied on the basis that it constituted "excessive entanglement". College students can use federal grants to attend sectarian universities, and yet vouchers have been deemed unconstitutional by some courts. There is reason for controversy about how far to extend the admonition against establishment........If you have read the material in the tracts that I post to you before, I invite you to skim!