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To: RetiredNow who wrote (243573)	7/26/2005 7:01:26 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584048

Mindmeld, Now the secularists and atheists are claiming that separation of church and state means a censorship and banning of all words and monuments to religion. No, just the Christian ones. Just ask the ACLU, who got the cross off of the LA County seal but had no problem with Pamona the pagan goddess of fertility. Tenchusatsu

To: RetiredNow who wrote (243573)	7/26/2005 7:08:09 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1584048

"What difference does it make?" Ok, let me get this straight. It is ok to change the pledge to include a reference to God, but some hypothetical movement to return the pledge to what it was before is striking at the moral fiber of the country? "The point is that the Founding Fathers expressed their faith as part of their public work and they did it in very public forums." Some did. Some didn't. There were several who opposed public displays of faith. You keep pretending that all of the FF were of one mind on this issue, but they weren't. Washington, for example, refused to lead a public prayer while in office. Likewise Jefferson. Others, like Franklin, felt differently.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (243573)	7/26/2005 11:17:29 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584048

>The point is that the Founding Fathers expressed their faith as part of their public work and they did it in very public forums. For every piece of evidence you have supporting that, CJ and Ted have something against it. The Founding Fathers were just as split on the issue as we are today. -Z

To: RetiredNow who wrote (243573)	7/27/2005 4:10:00 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584048

What difference does it make? The point is that the Founding Fathers expressed their faith as part of their public work and they did it in very public forums. Now the secularists and atheists are claiming that separation of church and state means a censorship and banning of all words and monuments to religion. They are taking it too far. You'd think they would have really important issues to deal with instead of trampling all over Christians in this way. No wonder the liberals are having a hard time getting elected, when it's obvious they aren't in tune with the mainstream. Prove the existence of God and I will be the first to vote for turning the US into a theocracy.