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Originally Posted by Rekna
I fail to see why this has signifigance. Some reverend said he wants religion and politics to be mixed. It isn't like congress passed a law saying they must be mixed.
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Tossing all subtetly aside, because Bush is a bible thumper, the current administration is quite obviously radical compared to traditional republicans, and the three branches of government that are supposed to be checks and balances to each other are all controlled by republicans for the next four years. (NO, not all republicans are the new radicals - "neoconservatives" - but the Bush and his close advisors are. And they happen to hold a bit of sway
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So this quote has significance because people are very legitimately worried that religion will directly influence policy, not to mention Bush's "morality" campaign could (will? has?) do (done) more to harm the nation than help it.
Oh and to address your latter statement - afaik laws cannot be passed that nullify the meaning of the first amendment. You can either strike the amendment or create another one (or laws?) that "redefine" how it works, but you cannot directly go against it as long as it's there. Again, I could be wrong here on this last part, it's
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