Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS][RELIGION] a top 20 story at reddit.com...

["Vern Green" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Mike,

I am a Christian and I do not want this to happen either. A word for
you though, we won't need the ACLU to keep this law from being
enacted. This has nothing to do with the ACLU, this law is so clearly
against the Constitution that I could argue its merits in court.

In the spirit of the 1st amendment, this is exactly what the 1st
amendment is written to protect us from. This is not a situation where
some judge wants to post the ten commandments, or some kid wants to
have prayer in school or a graduating class wants to have a prayer at
a graduation ceremony, this is the Government saying that Christianity
IS the religion.

I don't expect you to see the difference here, or even be honest
enough to admit there is a difference. Just suffice it to say, this is
different than a majority of the cases that the ACLU fights against.



On 3/3/06, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Nathan Odle wrote:
>
> > copy-paste text of article for those of us that don't want to register with
> > yet another website? :)
> >
> > Jonathan King wrote:
> >> My nominee for the most useless and stupid bill state-wide this year:
> >>
> >> http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stories/030206ccklrKmovreligionbill.7d361c3f.html
>
>
> Try this:
>
> http://news.google.com/news?q=%22david+sater%22+christianity
>
> Here's a good response to it:
>
> http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/33056/
>
>   But people who write bills like this aren't trying to make law. Their
>   intent is to further the right's narrative that Christians are a
>   persecuted minority under siege. They want to guarantee that the good
>   folks at the Anti-defamation league, the ACLU and Americans United fight
>   to have their silly legislation overturned, proving that those civil
>   rights groups have an anti-Christian agenda (and perhaps even a direct
>   association with Satan). And bills like this -- you couldn't write a
>   piece of legislation that more obviously violates the Establishment
>   Clause --are meant to give those groups a victory in court, thereby
>   proving the existence of out-of-control activist judges dedicated to
>   stymieing the popular will of the Christian majority.
>
> Right.  This is why we sometimes hear on this list how awful the ACLU is.
> The ACLU won't allow Christians to take over the government.  How awful!
> Christianity is really good, after all, and even if you are one of the bad
> people who doesn't like Christianity you have to admit that it is the most
> popular religion.  We live in a democracy, so Christianity, the most
> popular religion, should be our choice for a state religion.  People who
> don't believe in Christianity just aren't getting it.  Having a state
> religion will help them to understand the essential truth of Christianity
> and it might even save them from eternal damnation.  How could anyone
> stand in the way of Christianity as it tries to save souls from eternal
> damnation?  I mean, just how evil is the ACLU?
>
> Mike
>
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