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Old 07-10-2002, 07:43 AM   #1
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<a href="http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/story/1386281p-1504955c.html" target="_blank">Letters to the editor for today.</a>

More local opinion on the ruiling. Fortunately, this time the editor allowed a bit more pro-ruiling opinion than before. Reading some of the letters in that link that oppose the ruiling, some of them seem rather knee-jerk in reasoning.
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Old 07-10-2002, 08:49 AM   #2
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The gentleman who brought about the court's review is definitely not a true American. He must not have served his country. If you are in a war, I know I would be praying to God. He must not work. All of our money has the word God on it.
Wow, we got us here the "no atheist in the foxhole" argament and the "god is printed ont' the muney" argament. Praize Jeezzzussah.
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Old 07-10-2002, 09:54 AM   #3
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Don't forget the "you're gonna burn in HELL" message.

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Old 07-10-2002, 02:53 PM   #4
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The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person’s standing in the political community. Government can run afoul of that prohibition in two principal ways. One is excessive entanglement with religious institutions . . . . The second and more direct infringement is government endorsement or disapproval of religion. Endorsement sends a message to nonadherents that they are outsiders, not full members of the political community, and an accompanying message to adherents that they are insiders, favored members of the political community.
That's the Ninth Circuit ruling, quoting Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Mind you, the outsiders in the Santa Fe case from which this statement comes were Catholic and Mormon students.

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Old 07-10-2002, 10:57 PM   #5
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The gentleman who brought about the court's review is definitely not a true American. He must not have served his country. If you are in a war, I know I would be praying to God. He must not work. All of our money has the word God on it.
I noticed that the kid who penned this letter was a boy scout. Yet another reason to dislike that "all American" institution.
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