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originally posted by: Secret009
a reply to: rickynews
a reply to: rickynews
"The poor and sorry Atheists…they just can’t seem to square and force their God-less agenda onto the rest of American society. "
Force our godless agenda onto you? What the f** is wrong with you lady. It was a case concerning a MANDATORY Christian prayer in a government building, and you accuse your opponents of trying to stuff THEIR beliefs down YOUR throat?!
Well what the f*** I guess, after all; Money is speech, corporations are people (and BETTER people than you with limited liabilities), racism isn't real (or it only happens to white people), rape is impossible (because they can shut that whole thing down), blah blah BLAH.
Would you like to contribute to this assault of Orwellian language upon free society, or shall we just skip all that and go to f***ing war with Eurasia?
originally posted by: brandiwine14
I am a friend to the Christians but I see the larger implications in this and it is bad for us all. What happens when the majority changes?
originally posted by: Secret009
a reply to: brandiwine14
"It appears that they are on state pay while they are praying? If that is correct this is wrong and clearly against the Constitution. sure it is great, the Atheists lost "yay" but they are only growing in numbers and if majority rules....well then what? "
Then we revisit all the injustices your perpetrated against us. And apply them to you.
Turnabout is fair play.
originally posted by: Secret009
Whoops! My bad! I'm not supposed to quote scripture to prove that you are asserting religious dominance and not religious freedom. How unAmerican of me.
Gary Bonner
OK....First, let me say I am a devout Christian. Now let's drop the legal pretense here. This ruling is finally the VERY loud, even shrill evidence we have that the Supreme Court is a political institution. This business about the "rule of law" is poppycock. Any third grader who reads the Constitution will understand the founders had the wisdom to attempt to frustrate government's ability to wrap itself in the Divine.
They wrote the 1st amendment in no small part because they wanted to avoid having a government that claimed it's legitimacy and authority from God, almighty rather than the people. This self-righteous obsession many of us have with trying to cloak all things American in the garments of Christendom is dangerous to the harmonious exercise of our increasingly diverse democracy. We are a nation of peoples from every stripe. We must take care to avoid alienating our fellows and we must take care to realize that God is NOT American and he doesn't care what we decide to do, or not do at the town council meeting.
This ruling is little more than a reflection political and religious views of five of the politicians who sit on the Supreme Court. It is NOT a reflection of a rational reading of the Constitution. That, my friends is no longer in fashion these days.
www.huffingtonpost.com...
originally posted by: Secret009
a reply to: brandiwine14
Then we revisit all the injustices your perpetrated against us. And apply them to you.
Turnabout is fair play.
Chaplains of the House (1789–Present)
The election of the Rev. William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis. The two conducted Sunday services for the Washington community in the House Chamber every other week.
The court said in a 5-4 decision Monday that the content of the prayers is not critical as long as officials make a good-faith effort at inclusion. - See more at: www.abovetopsecret.com...