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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (5585)	3/7/2004 11:47:32 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 173976

Bush repeatedly violates the Constitution: President Bush Violates Constitutional Prohibition of "Religious Test" Article VI of the Constitution: “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” President Bush (6/27/02): "... we need common sense judges who understand that our rights were derived from God. Those are the kind of judges I intend to put on the bench." Mr. Bush has obviously either not read the first sentence of the document that founded our nation and is the basis of our government (the Constitution of the United States) or he has decided to ignore it. Mr. Bush, it reads "We the People...... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Our government was not established by divine right nor does our government derive its powers from God. We have a secular government whose powers derive from the consent of the governed. President Bush Violates His Oath of Office to "Uphold the Constitution" On January 16, 2002, President Bush issued a proclamation for “Religious Freedom Day”. Then on April 26, 2002 President Bush issued a proclamation for a “National Prayer Day”. In his first proclamation Bush stated “Religious freedom is a cornerstone of our Republic, a core principle of our Constitution, and a fundamental human right.” He went on “...our Founders constitutionally limited our Federal Government's capacity to interfere with religious belief by prohibiting the Congress from passing any law "respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." We agree whole heartedly with this statement. Then, President Bush proceeded to urge “... all Americans to observe this day by asking for the blessing and protection of Almighty God for our Nation..” And in the second proclamation he asked Americans “... to pray for God's protection, to express gratitude for our blessings, and to seek moral and spiritual renewal...” Mr. Bush, who gave you the right as our elected President, as a government official, to tell Americans how and to whom to pray? winchesterunited.org