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Old 03-18-2003, 06:51 PM   #1
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Default Ten Commandments to be part of display in county building

Ten Commandments to be part of display in county building

These people are real winners...

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"I do not believe that separation of church and state stuff," the Rev. Scott Carper of First Assembly of God Church in Goshen. "God is very much involved in the operations of government. ... The facts remain our founding fathers wanted the nation to be Christian, so that Christians and non-Christians and agnostics would all have the opportunity to be what they wanted to be."
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Because only a Christian theocracy allows people to be non-Christian??
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Not according to the 1st Commandment....
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The facts remain our founding fathers wanted the nation to be Christian, so that Christians and non-Christians and agnostics would all have the opportunity to be what they wanted to be.


Even if you accept his premise, how does that statement make any sense? It would make as much sense to say that the founding fathers wanted the nation to be Muslim, so that Christians and non-Christians and agnostics would all have the opportunity to be what they wanted to be.

Well, I hope the plaintiffs in the previous lawsuit are up for another fight. I'm sure the ICLU is ready to sue, if that display actually happens.
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But dem lousy atheists, we's a gonna set them on fire or somethin'.
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