[MD] Tea Bagging

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So Arlo,
How do you justify the house saying a prayer in the morning, and having a
chaplain.  Are they all just a bunch of idiots?  Your interpretation is just
that.  In law, grammar does matter, believe me, Clinton used it all the
time.  I am concerned that the federal government interferes with religion
as much as it does, all in the name of separation.  What a load of baloney.
 We have to stay separated therefore we much interfere, HUH?

You Rock Platt!

Mark

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:

> [Platt]
> Note that "separation of church and state" is not in the First Amendment.
>
> [Arlo]
> Ah, now its about grammar. Nonethess, the phrase derives from a letter
> Thomas Jefferson had written referencing the First Amendment.
>
> "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man
> & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship,
> that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions,
> I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people
> which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an
> establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof", thus
> building a wall of separation between Church & State."
>
> I assume Thomas Jefferson was familiar enough with the intent of this
> language that if HE says that ""make no law respecting an establishment of
> religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" is to be interpreted as
> "building a wall of separation between Church & State", then I think we can
> safely say that the First Amendment separates church and state.
>
> The group was right to laugh at O'Donnell, but I fear with people like this
> being elected, we will all be crying soon.
>
> And, can you kindly tell me how preventing the state from legislating,
> promoting or enforcing a particular religion is "bigoted"? Is this another
> one of your inane "intolerance of intolerance should not be tolerated"
> statements?
>
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