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Scout wrote:
> 
> "Rich Travsky" <" traRvEsky"@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
> news:41D74B40.29F0228E@hotmMOVEail.com...
> > Sam Stone wrote:
> >>
> >> Kurt Lochner (Weasel Remember!) wrote:
> >>
> >> >>>--Your 'agenda' is but the blatherings of the intentionally ignorant..
> >> >>
> >> >>You agenda is to banish any and all talk of a Creator, fa[..]
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Nope, but thanks for proving my point again..
> >> >
> >> > --See subject header for details..
> >>
> >> Your agenda is to banish any and all talk of a Creator, faith, prayer,
> >> or that which does not completely conform to the anal parameters of
> >> observational science of the day.
> >
> > The agenda, if any, is outlined in the Constitution and the forbidding
> > of government to support any religion.
> 
> With respect, where exactly is that?
> 
> The only thing I find with respect to religion is the 1st Amendment, which

Very good.

> reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
> or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;..."
> 
> Now I can see where laws regulating religion are prohibited, and I see were
> prohibiting free exercise is not allowed, but I can't seem to see that part
> where they aren't allowed to support religion.

Oooh, you're sooooo close.

 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion

refers to such things as endorsement. There's a wealth of court opinions
to this effect.

> I certainly don't see how they can deny the free exercise of religion simply
> because it occurs in public, on public property or even in a government
> building.  Certainly I see nothing that prohibits members of the government
> from being religious and freely exercising their religion in their course of
> their duties. If it means hanging the 10 Commandants on their court room
> wall to choosing to lead a prayer at the beginning of a session. Any
> restraints on that would, IMO, seem to be in conflict with the free exercise
> of religion. I certainly don't see any clause that says "except for public
> employees".