06-03-2006, 01:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-03-2006, 01:52 PM by Occhidiangela.)
Quote:How dare anyone take Seperation of Church and State seriously!Dear Quark:
Please read the words of the First Ammendment. The language encompasses a structural tension. Freedom of religion and freedom from mandatory legislation of a single style of religion. The Establishment Clause cases have taken that and morphed it somewhat in a precedent piled on precedent method like unto how a message changes in the old "whisper from person to person" exercise. It was manifested subtly different cases, and has mutated from "Congress shall not establish a national religion (sect)" (Per the Vatican, Caliphate, Czar, King Henry, HRE) into "you must remove a founding cultural feature of America, Christian religion" from all things public. What is necessary for the First Amendment to work is NOT "a final solution" favoring secularists, nor a Theocracy, but the continued tension and dialogue, and the search for balance between freedom of religion, and freedom from mandatory religion. Those seeking some "perfect" solution in this element of human social interaction should share the blunt with the rest of us. It has devolved into a vicious polemic.
Warm Regards
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
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In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete