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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (23384)	12/22/2004 11:05:42 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

ROFL!! A spot on post JC. Granny refuses to accept that she bans people whose political views do not agree with her own.....the level of hypocrisy and denial is stunning.... J.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (23384)	12/22/2004 1:20:47 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 90947

Which one was that? I looked, but couldn't find it. I did find this interesting, though. Message 20876361 I think an SI attorney needs some refresher courses. Say, Constitutional law and legal history. "Establishment of religion" means the state establishes a tax-supported church. And, at the the time "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" was written, the prohibition was on CONGRESS, not the states. Several states entered the Union with established churches. Several of the states retained churches established by the colonial governments after independence, but all of them had to accept toleration of other beliefs and a progressive weakening of the power the state was willing to wield on their behalf. By the 1830s, almost all the states had repealed establishment laws. ocregister.com