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To: Sam who wrote (65526)	5/13/2008 11:17:22 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541777

Once we allow local cliques to suspend parts of the Constitution that don't suit them on a whim, we are headed down a long, slippery slope where the basic rights in that Constitution will become indefensible. It's like a town with no traffic cops at all. People will drive as fast as they like, and kids will get run over as a result. All in the name of serving a local clique that needed to feel "free" from laws and standards.

To: Sam who wrote (65526)	5/13/2008 1:44:28 PM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541777

I posted this excerpt from a passage in James' Madison's Notebooks a few months ago. It expresses his opinion about the constitutionality of prayer in public places: Its a little odd that I'm taking the religious folks' side on this, as a) I am not religious and b) I feel somewhat uncomfortable with public prayer. But the facts are the facts: Cleveland is an extremely religious town with the two majority denominations being Church of God and Southern Baptist. The prayers over the intercom are to the same god, they are fairly bland, (as only public prayers can be), and not a single person objects. In light of this situation, I view their nose-thumbing of the law as a sort of spiritual Boston Tea Party.