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Article #1935Re: Not one person in WWII said"...under God"
From: Merlin Dorfman
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 22:47
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 22:47
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Mike Smith (mws@wt.net) wrote:
: On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 14:35:30 -0500, "Che'Gu Maru"
: <chgumaru@mail.hal-pc.org> wrote:
: >"Mike Smith" <mws@wt.net> wrote in message
: >news:E6B97C8BBB73AD86.85CAD2B1DF74366B.6CCB06172E24E68E@lp.airnews.net...
: >> Ummm... God is God........
: >
: >First of all, that's a tautology, and as empty of meaning as it is truthful.
: >But let us say that it has meaning WITHIN YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM which is more
: >than empty. By what right should Americans who do not share your belief
: >system be forced to publicly affirm that they DO believe in it? To my mind,
: >that smacks of the Inquisition, albeit that today the only penalty is social
: >aprobation, not death.
: >
: Who is being FORCED to publicly affirm a believe in a Supreme Being?
: free clue:
: No one. Your entire premiss is flawed.
As with school-sponsored prayers, even if students are not
forced to participate, the school sponsorship creates pressure to
comply, and this has been judged to be as unacceptable as forced
prayers.
: Write your Congress critters and request that they remove "under God"
: from the pledge if it bothers you..........
The wonderful thing about the Bill of Rights is that it
applies regardless of Congressional or public majorities.
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