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| buckeye... |
 Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:57 am |
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Prop 8: It's About Human Dignity
http://blog.cadem.org/partyline/2008/10/prop-8-its-abou.html
[excerpt]
There's more...
Father Farrow is hardly alone: wrestling with his own personal beliefs and
those of his church. Mormons are the single biggest donors to the yes on 8
campaign, having contributed around 40% of the total funds raised since
July. On Sunday, Skyline Church in San Diego held a rally in support of
prop 8, sending a video feed out to another 170 California churches.
Tuesday, a similar event was held at the Crenshaw Christian Center, minus
the video feed. Yet it is safe to assume that many of their congregants
intend to vote no on prop 8.
You might be asking yourself why I would even bother discussing the
religious aspects of prop 8. After all, isn't there a separation of church
and state in this country? The simple answer is yes. But saying that
church and state are separate is like saying there's no religious test for
public office. On paper, it may be true, but in practice, each voter is
free to make a decision based on any criteria, even religious. But even on
religious grounds, everyone should be compelled to vote no on 8.
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS ˇ Historical Reality SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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