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To: Sarkie who wrote (31)	6/26/2002 9:57:05 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Respond to of 390

Yes, because it was the conscious choice of the Framers of the Constitution to leave religion out of the state's formation (in marked contrast to the England of their day or the Saudi Arabia or Iran or Pakistan of the present day). The ban on the establishment of religion by the state is actually in the Bill of Rights, which came later as amendments to the Constitution. The very first amendment says: 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. So, the Constitution, written by those escaping state-imposed religious intolerance, mentions God not once. Then, to drive home the point, the very first amendment to the Constitution begins with the words "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." Congress insisting that the Pledge of Allegiance include a reference to a monotheistic God of Judeo Christian traditions seems to me to step over that boundary.