----- Original Message ----- From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:46 PM Subject: Re: The Founders on Separation of Church and State: Washington, Adams,Franklin
> A pretty selective sampling there, Doug. > > It also neglects the fact, that your reading of the Constitution would make > the Declaration of Independence Unconstitutional. > > It also neglects the fact that the Founders who participated in the very > first Congress chose as their first discretionary act the appointment of a > chaplain. I find it ironic that you consider Congress' first > discretionary act to be unconstitutional - and claim that these self-same > founders agree with you on this point. Yea, and you think that they'd pass some horribly unconstitutional law, like the Alien and Sedition Act. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
