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Originally Posted by alias  If I ever admitted you were right, I must have been drunk. | I have assumed that is your typical posting state of mind.
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Originally Posted by alias The fact is the clause states perfectly clear that government shall not establish a state religion and people of America are free to practice their religion without government interference. That is what is says. | Wrong.
You JUST QUOTED it...
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
Like I told you the first time we had this conversation, a "law respecting an establishment of religion" DOES NOT mean the same thing as "establishing a state religion".
The first is very vague. The second, your claimed summary, is inappropriately specific.
The last time I gave you this link, you insisted that you already knew what it said and that it was wrong. Since you seem to be no longer utilizing that ploy, maybe you can read and comprehend this time.
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Originally Posted by alias Too bad you and your pals don't understand that and have to appoint your whore judges to legislate from the bench to get your way in flagrant opposition to the Constitution of the United States. | Yeah. It's "me and my pals" who do this.
It's typically the EXTREME right that refuses to recognize the existence of separation of church and state. It's a concept that has survived for quite a long time, despite the shifts in power in the judiciary.
But keep telling yourself that it's a "liberal" thing if that's what you need to think. "(Gay marriage) is a debate about whether you think gay people are part of the human condition or just a random fetish."
-- Jon Stewart
"Please don't judge others by your own standards."
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