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Originally posted by Dwayne
With this whole seperation of church and state issue no one seems to remember the actual wording of the amendment that talks about it. The amendment says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" So isnt taking out Under God a prohibition of a religion?
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I agree Dwayne, and to go farther is not allowing a person to say "one nation under God" prohibitting free speech?
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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Saying "One Nation Under God" is not endorsing any religion, that is what the constitution holds, not a "wall of seperation". As stated in the post above it makes no declaration into any denomination, and as far as God the creator goes, he plays an intergral(sp) role in the foundation and function of our country, to say otherwise is both unamerican and ignorant.
Chalk one up for sensible American's, I'm sick of quasi-liberal facist activist judges, as well as god hating groups like the ACLU.
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Again Mojo would rather attack than read the whole post I wrote. 2 things wrong with what you posted here Mojo.
1) I defended having God said, granted not the way you wanted. Saying GOD only gives the word the value you put on it. If you hold no belief in GOD then the word means nothing aand why would that person worry about saying it? But if one should have to say GOD then NO Government entity (including schools) should be allowed to dictate value on that word, by saying it is only the Judeo-Christian God and not Allah, or Buddah or the Great Mother, etc.
2) The ACLU is neither Godless nor Ultra-Liberal, they are in fact a very needed part of our country to defend our rights. Without groups, like the ACLU, watching government and protecting our rights, our rights could be severely compromised. They are helping Limbaugh, are they not?
I support and donate to the ACLU, and I am not Godless, I know a lot of people who donate from the ultra right to the ultra left because the ACLU defends the rights of everyone unbiasedly.