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To: Cogito who wrote (268249)	6/29/2002 10:19:02 AM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Allen, you will also hear about NAMBLA in association with ACLU and secular. But, I hear where you are coming from. Although, your fears of a theocracy are grossly exaggerated and inane.

To: Cogito who wrote (268249)	6/29/2002 5:08:57 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Neither the Pledge of Allegiance nor the national motto establish an official religion nor do they prohibit or require the free exercise thereof. They have no effect on the nation's policy or law but serve as a moral beacon that benefits all, atheists included. All this angst amongst atheists and other trouble makers is simply a way to distract our nation from its daily current of life. Like it or not, our the people who wrote the constitution did make it clear that they did not intend the government to be ruled by the specific teachings of any one religion. That's quite evident in the words "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." They thought that was important enough to make it the very first line of the Bill of Rights. The Constitution clearly and unambiguously establishes a secular government, where there are no official religious authorities who have the power to decide what will and will not be the nation's policy or law.