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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Lane3 who wrote (53167)7/17/2002 7:34:25 PM
From: J. C. Dithers  Respond to of 82486
 
That's a possible explanation. Another is that they didn't want to mix religion and government

Of course, that was a strong reason. The rub lies in our perpetual disagreements as to what constitutes a mixing.

they typically wanted some big-name backup for the "self-evident" assertion.

Very cute. Don't we all. Well, they went all the way to the top for theirs.



To: Lane3 who wrote (53167)7/17/2002 10:42:51 PM
From: epicure  Respond to of 82486
 
that is my take on it as well
of course they left plenty of documentation about what they were doing

and why



To: Lane3 who wrote (53167)7/18/2002 12:33:33 PM
From: The Philosopher  Respond to of 82486
 
That's an opinion, all right.