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To: SilentZ who wrote (162886)	3/4/2003 11:05:01 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574046

Well, having kids say the Pledge with "under God" in it in school is more or less requiring it. I haven't really followed your discussion here. But let me ask, is it your view that the separation of church and state is a concept that should change over time? That is, the Founding Fathers determined that while church and state were separate and must be separate, the word "God" appears in literally every document they created. Isn't it, in effect, systemic "judicial activism" to have the liberal courts of today overriding what the Founding Fathers' positions were on this subject? And is it healthy for our nation? My broader point here is that there has, since the inception of the Constitution, existed a persistent liberal bent, constantly pushing the limits of liberalism. Ideas that the original Constitution would clearly have rebuked (like the exclusion of the word "God" from a pledge of allegience, after Congress specifically acted to put it in there) are now routinely accepted. There appear to be no outer limits to where liberalism stops. Is this okay?

To: SilentZ who wrote (162886)	3/4/2003 12:29:06 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574046

Z, <having kids say the Pledge with "under God" in it in school is more or less requiring it.> It's more likely that handing out condoms in school promotes sexual promiscuity than having a pledge with "God" in it promotes religion. By the way, no school requires the pledge to be recited. It is completely voluntary. Tenchusatsu