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To: KonKilo who wrote (69531)	5/31/2008 12:23:09 AM
From: DanD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542109

We all practice our own form of government. Yeah? Got your own penal code, do ya? None of your examples are of government. They might be examples of civil disobedience, but not government. If, on the other hand, a community knowingly facilitates prayer in public schools, then it is practicing government. And thwarting the US Constitution. (At least as it has been interpreted so far.) But let me add, if any branch of government ever banned personal prayer, or group religious activities on private property, then I would immediately take up prayer as an act of civil disobedience. And I would do so publicly and loudly.

To: KonKilo who wrote (69531)	5/31/2008 7:10:53 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542109

We all thumb our noses at some law or another. We are a nation of scofflaws, no doubt. I don't think it's helpful to conflate that and civil disobedience. One is noble, the other, not so much. I agree that our scofflaw patterns are interesting, though, as a window to our individual and national psyches. I don't support such behavior. It erodes respect for the law. Laws that are routinely ignored with good reason, laws such as speeding or fornication, should IMO be taken off the books to avoid this disrespect, which is not healthy in a society.