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Non-praying Mantis · 07-29-2002, 11:16 AM

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Originally posted by Seth K:
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H.R. 4922 </strong>The worst of the lot. So-called "First Amendment Restoration Act," it is an attempt to use Congress' power to set the jurisdiction of federal courts to declare that cases involving "religious freedom" are outside the jurisdiction of the federal courts, and thus cannot be heard.

I suppose, if by some disaster, that this thing actually passes, atheists need to be MUCH more vocal for Congress to see the error of its ways.

Shout out "God does not exist!" or "Jesus is dead!" whenever we get in a crowd, or are subjected to prayer at schools or other government events.

If the courts cannot see cases such as these, they CANNOT arrest us for disturbing the peace. They would be violating our first amendment rights, and then could not prosecute us!

NPM

Alonzo Fyfe · 07-29-2002, 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by Non-praying Mantis:
<strong>I suppose, if by some disaster, that this thing actually passes, atheists need to be MUCH more vocal for Congress to see the error of its ways.</strong>

The discussion, <a href="http://iidb.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=59&t=000525&p=2" target="_blank">I just heard on O'Reily</a> is presently discussing a number of actions that would be relevant to protesting such an action. You may wish to check it out.

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