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Posted by American Pig on Fri Dec 24 18:32:49 2004, in response to Re: No, It's the Liberal Secularists, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 24 17:09:30 2004. There is no seperation of Church and state anywhere in the constitution and especially not in the "Bill of Rights".The establishment clause creates a separation of church and state. This was in fact the intention and has been reinforced through 200 years of legal tradition. If you are offended by people wishing you a merry Christmas, ehhhh! I am not offended by this, but I am offended by Christmas being an official holiday. It clearly makes sense to close government facilities on Christmas if nobody will be using them, but why is Christmas a day on which it is recommended to fly the flag? We don't have to fly the flag on Yom Kippur, or Eid Al-Fitr, or the Asian New Year. Why Christmas? If those other holidays were flag-flying days, I would be just as offended, even though I celebrate one of them. The strange thing is that the ACLU (American Criminal Liberties Union) would fight against Christmas Carols in schools but will fight against banning pornographic literature in those same schools. I would need a source for your comment on pornographic literature in order to comment on it, but Christmas Carols that mention Christ (not stuff about Santa or snow) are unacceptable in public schools unless the children sing them on their own. The ACLU is right here. No offense but you Secularists are one fucked up bunch. Religious governments are great, they include such great nations as Spain during the Inquisition, the Papal States, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Talibanic Afghanistan. |
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