From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 02:33:03 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Democracy...
Message-ID: <199809180728.JAA03448@replay.com>
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I woe the day that government and church are not seperated and I am forced
to side with one religion.  It would be another freedom wrongfully taken
from me.  I would fight back, the same way the country secured it's
independence the first time.  I take my freedom very seriously.  Facists
like you that want to distort the constitution to make introduce a
non-existant person at the top will hopefully get blasted down in the senate
as you have been before.  I would consider laws restricting my freedom as an
attack and will be forced to defend myself.

---"Brian B. Riley" <brianbr@together.net> wrote:
>
> On 9/15/98 10:27 PM, Jaeger (Jaeger@hempseed.com)  passed this wisdom:
> 
> >
> >hey, would you care to show us where "seperation of church and state" is
> >to be found in the constitution/bill of rights?  absolute right and
> >wrong is not a religious belief (necessarily)..  your religious beliefs
> >do not affect the nature of reality.  there are absolute truths by
> 
>  [snip]
> 
> >> Ever heard of seperation of church and state? Democracy? the rights of
> >>
> >> the individual?  While you certainly have the right to practice your
> >> religion in what ever manner you so choose demanding that everyone
> >> else
> >> does, or that the president of the us of ais subject to you PERSONAL
> >> faith decisions is outragous
> 
>  The first amendment states only that there shall not be 'an 
> establishment of religion' it says nada about 'separation of church and 
> state.'  The intention was simple; that there would never be an 
> 'official' state religion. It didn't say religion had no place. They were 
> escaping a regime with an established state religion that used the 
> goverment to stamp out religious deviationism. That was the sole reason 
> for that clause in the 1st amendment.
> 
> Brian B. Riley --> http://members.macconnect.com/~brianbr
>  For PGP Keys  <mailto:brianbr@together.net?subject=Get%20PGP%20Key>
> 
>    "...if you drink much from a bottle marked "poison."
>   and it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later"
>              _Alice in Wonderland_: (Lewis Carroll)
> 
> 
>