Ronald Reagan
1911 - 2004
You will be missed
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The Ten Commandments Display in Alabama O.K. this subject exposes 2 major problems. 1- The 'separation of church and state' provision of the U.S. Constirution where no such provision exists. And 2- the intolerance of the left. Let me address them one problem at a time. 1- The 'separation of church and state'. As stated above that phrase is NO WHERE in the constitution. The closest you can come is: Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The 'separation of church and state' was interpretted by the Supreme Court after looking at the writings of Thomas Jefferson. They decided that this is what he must have intended when the Bill of Rights were penned. Basically they read his mind some 150 years after his death. Myself, I don't see how having a monument, display, or whatever you want to call it of the Ten Commandments constitutes the government establishing a religion, on the contrary, I see its forced removal not only prohibiting its free exercise, but also abridging freedom of speech (I know, but it is religious speech so it doesn't count.... wait, I'll get to that). As one talk show host (I can't remember which one, sorry) put it. [paraphrased] "If having the Ten Commandments in a public building constitutes the establishment of a religion, what does having a state capital named Sacremento, spanish for Sacrement, do? Do we now need to change the name of the capital of California now?" IF that happens, what about Mount St. Helens? St. Augustine, FL? San Francisco? You get the point. 2- The intolerance of the left. This is a good one. Let's see, we MUST not only accept, but condone and I know they would prefer, embrace the homosexual life-style -- even to the point of making sure we have them as teachers and FORCE the Boy Scouts to accept them as scout masters, we MUST allow muslims, buddists, and just about any other religion to express themselves in our schools, or anywhere else, we MUST allow athiests to spout their anti-relgion rhetoric. But, can we allow the display of the Ten Commandments in a public building? Well, unless it is the Capitol building or Supreme Court, NEVER. What the hell happened to Tolerance? It seems the vast majority of this nation must be tolerant of just about everything, but no one can give one iota of tolerance to the vast majority. (I am working on an expanded article on this). Why is it that the mere mention of God sends these people screaming? About 90% of the people in this country believe in God, why can't they be represented? I know, the founding fathers intended that the majority not be able to run rough-shod over the minority, but I don't think they intended the reverse to be true. But in this case, isn't that exactly what's happening? |
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